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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 25 Oct 2007 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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219a, Burton Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6JN
Received 11 Sept 2024Ferrers Grange, Osleston Lane, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, Derby, DE6 5BN
Received 11 Sept 2024Clary Meadows, Green Lane, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LH
Received 9 Sept 2024The Cottage, Buckford Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6SP
Received 12 Sept 2024Land at Riverside Parcel (Phase 2), Former Drakelow Powerstation, Walton Road
Received 12 Sept 2024Plot 4, Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, Derby, DE65 5BZ
Received 12 Sept 20249 Twyford Road, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HA
Received 13 Sept 2024Melbourne View Hotel, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BR
Received 13 Sept 2024Unit 1, Southwood House Farm, Staunton Lane, Calke, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1RG
Received 13 Sept 2024Communal stairwell to apartments 14 &15 Bretby Hall, Bretby, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0QQ
Received 5 Sept 20243 Mallard Close, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6SU
Received 16 Sept 2024Tulip House, Derby Road, Aston on Trent, Derby, DE72 2AF
Received 16 Sept 2024Tesco Express, Hearthcote Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9DU
Received 16 Sept 2024Saint Georges Churchyard, Church Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JU
Received 16 Sept 20247 Dove Place, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5AB
Received 9 Sept 202411 Wilson Close, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DT
Received 16 Sept 2024Woodcote House, Main Street, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8ED
Received 9 Sept 2024Marston Hall, Marston Lane, Marston-on-Dove, Derby, DE65 5GD
Received 9 Sept 2024Marston Hall, Marston Lane, Marston-on-Dove, Derby, DE65 5GD
Received 9 Sept 202467 Penn Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EQ
Received 16 Sept 2024Land east of Chellaston Lane and south of Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 16 Sept 2024Control Point 2 Viscount Road East Midlands Airport DE74 2SA
Received 13 Sept 2024Manor Court, Church Lane, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HR
Received 17 Sept 202419 Chestnut Way, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FQ
Received 17 Sept 2024Records 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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