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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land At Sk3826 4570, Wards Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DD
Received 10 Nov 2025Mercia Academy and Newhall Junior School, Sunnyside and Chesterfield Ave, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TL
Received 10 Nov 20256 Hunt Way, Swadlincote, DE11 8JD
Received 12 Nov 2025Groom's Cottage, Marston Lane, Marston-on-Dove, Derby, DE65 5GD
Received 12 Nov 2025Groom's Cottage, Marston Lane, Marston on-Dove, Derby, DE65 5GD
Received 12 Nov 202527 High Street, Repton, Derby, DE65 6GD
Received 13 Nov 2025High Grange School, Hospital Lane, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DR
Received 13 Nov 2025Former Sir Francis Burdette, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8DE
Received 13 Nov 202549 Thorpe Downs Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FB
Received 13 Nov 2025Sir Francis Burdett, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DE
Received 13 Nov 2025Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 13 Nov 202528 Coopers Croft, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5QE
Received 13 Nov 20252 Hope Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FX
Received 14 Nov 2025Street Record Trent Way, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0AF
Received 14 Nov 2025White Cottage, Radbourne Common, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 4NA
Received 14 Nov 2025The Close, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8JH
Received 17 Nov 202563 Woodville Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LU
Received 17 Nov 202515-17 High Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JE
Received 17 Nov 2025813, Midway Save, Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DN
Received 17 Nov 2025Derby Hills House, Derby Hills, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DH
Received 17 Nov 2025Land at SK4031 4970, The Triangle, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 18 Nov 2025Land adjacent to A6(T) Derby Spur Road, Boulton Moor, Derby
Received 18 Nov 202547 Audens Way, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0HH
Received 18 Nov 202532 Rosliston Road, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NQ
Received 11 Nov 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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