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England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Derbyshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Derbyshire website
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2008 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Coach House, Well Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EY
Received 5 Aug 2024Land rear of 30 & 32 Common Side and north of Penkridge Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote
Received 5 Aug 202425 Rosliston Road South, Drakelow, Swadlincote, DE15 9UD
Received 5 Aug 2024Half Acre, Ingleby Road, Stanton-By-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HU
Received 5 Aug 202430 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 10 Jul 2024Land at Lambert House, Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby
Received 10 Jul 202431 Queensway, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FG
Received 6 Aug 2024Bladon House School, Newton Road, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0TA
Received 6 Aug 2024Land west of Duck Street, Egginton, Derby
Received 6 Aug 2024Givaudan UK LTD, Park Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JX
Received 6 Aug 2024179 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 7 Aug 2024The Dog And Duck, 2 Aston Lane, Shardlow, DE72 2GR
Received 7 Aug 2024Land west of Newton Lane, Newton Solney, DE15 0RU
Received 7 Aug 2024The Haven, Uttoxeter Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5PX
Received 7 Aug 20248 Mill Close, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 7NU
Received 31 Jul 2024Stonehouse Farm, Ashby Road, Woodville, Swadlincote, DE11 7BP
Received 8 Aug 2024Thomas Cook Gardens, High Street , Melbourne , DE73 8GJ
Received 8 Aug 2024Marston Hall, Marston Lane, Marston On Dove, Derby, DE65 5GD
Received 8 Aug 2024Severn Trent Compound, Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DN
Received 8 Aug 2024The Granary, Ashbourne Road, Church Broughton, DE65 5AT
Received 8 Aug 2024Bearwardcote Farm, Derby Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LR
Received 9 Aug 202427 Potter Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DW
Received 9 Aug 202436 Twyford Road, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HA
Received 9 Aug 2024Land at Hackwood Farm, Mickleover, Derby
Received 12 Oct 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Derbyshire District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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