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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 10 Apr 2006 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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27B Rose Tree Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LN
Received 14 Oct 2025Manor Farm, Church Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7ER
Received 15 Oct 2025Danecastre Main Street, Burnaston, Derby, DE65 6LG
Received 15 Oct 2025Land to the rear of 162 Wood Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LY
Received 15 Oct 2025Land to the rear of 162 Wood Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LY
Received 15 Oct 2025(Nether Close House) Firs Farm Nursery, Scropton Road, Scropton, Derby, DE65 5PN
Received 15 Oct 202568 Church Street, Coton-in-the-Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8HA
Received 15 Oct 20258 Millfield, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HD
Received 15 Oct 2025East Farm, Unnamed Road From Twyford Road To Buckford Lane, Stenson, Derby, DE73 7GB
Received 15 Oct 2025Fields to the West of Staunton Lane and the Tramway, Calke
Received 15 Oct 2025Grange Farm House, Ingleby Road, Stanton-by-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HT
Received 15 Oct 2025111 Tutbury Avenue, Littleover, Derby, DE23 3XA
Received 9 Oct 2025143 Ticknall Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AT
Received 16 Oct 202565 Bank Street, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9LB
Received 16 Oct 202532A Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 16 Oct 202586 Oxford Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9NB
Received 16 Oct 2025Land rear of 21 Market Place, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DS
Received 16 Oct 202554 Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NP
Received 17 Oct 2025Land Rear of No. 2-6 Canal Bridge, Willington, DE65 6BQ
Received 17 Oct 2025Land At Sk4031 4970, The Triangle, Boulton Moor, Derby, Derbyshire
Received 17 Oct 2025Land At Sk4031 4970, The Triangle, Boulton Moor, Derby, Derbyshire
Received 17 Oct 2025Land At Sk4031 4970, The Triangle, Boulton Moor, Derby, Derbyshire
Received 17 Oct 2025Land at SK2420 2230, Phase 3 and 4 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 20 Oct 2025Marston Hall, Marston Lane, Marston On Dove, Derby, DE65 5GD
Received 20 Oct 2025Records 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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