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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Oversetts Road Recreation Ground, Oversetts Road, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 16 Sept 202432 Thorpe Downs Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FB
Received 16 Sept 2024Mill House, Swarkestone Road, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6WB
Received 17 Sept 2024Land east of Snelsmoor Lane and south of Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 25 Sept 2024Land at SK2628 6240, Duck Street, Egginton, Derby, DE65 6HJ
Received 25 Sept 2024Talbot Farm Nursery, Derby Road, Hilton, DE65 5FP
Received 25 Sept 2024Shades Farm, Unnamed Road From Geary Lane To Town Farm, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RD
Received 25 Sept 2024Bodens Sticks, Cropper Lane, Osleston, Ashbourne (covered by SDDC Woodland TPO454)
Received 16 Sept 202412 Highfield Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9AS
Received 26 Sept 202438 Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 26 Sept 20244 Bretby Heights, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0BS
Received 26 Sept 2024Barton Park House, Ashbourne Road, Church Broughton, Derby, DE65 5AT
Received 27 Sept 2024Warren Farm, Drakelow Road, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NB
Received 27 Sept 202455 Main Street, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LP
Received 30 Sept 202431 Queensway, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FG
Received 30 Sept 2024Kinderlow, Weston Hall Drive, Weston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BJ
Received 30 Sept 2024Seales Pastures Farm & Boarding Kennels, Burton Road, Acresford, Swadlincote, DE12 8AP
Received 30 Sept 20242 Chestnut Grove, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NG
Received 30 Sept 2024Land adjacent Dish Lane, Sutton on the Hill, Ashbourne, DE6 5JA
Received 30 Sept 20244 Balmoral Way, Hatton, Derby DE65 5RG
Received 16 Aug 2024Land to the rear of 162 Wood Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LY
Received 1 Oct 202431 Edgecote Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LD
Received 1 Oct 2024Manor Farm, Drakelow Road, Walton-On-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NB
Received 1 Oct 20241 Nettlefold Crescent, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DA
Received 19 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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