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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 24 Oct 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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60 Main Street, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LZ
Received 17 Dec 2025124 Heath Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AR
Received 18 Dec 202583 Newman Drive, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9SR
Received 18 Dec 20251 Main Street, Ambaston, Derby, DE72 3ES
Received 18 Dec 2025Sewage Treatment Works, Meadow Lane, Milton, Derby, DE65 6EH
Received 15 Dec 2025Phase 3 and 4, Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 19 Dec 2025Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 19 Dec 2025130 Heathland Grove, Heath Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AR
Received 19 Dec 2025Park Farm, Walton Road, Drakelow, Burton upon Trent, DE15 9TY
Received 19 Dec 202511 Fox Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3JE
Received 19 Dec 2025Hilton House Hotel, Mill Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GP
Received 19 Dec 2025Melbourne Hall, Church Square, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EN
Received 19 Dec 2025Hall Croft Farm, Uttoxeter Road, Hilton, Derbyshire, DE65 5FZ
Received 22 Dec 2025Thurvaston Farm, Cropper Lane, Cropper, Thurvaston, Ashbourne, DE6 5BL
Received 22 Dec 2025Old Hall Farm, Twyford Road, Twyford, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7GA
Received 22 Dec 202530 Standing Butts Close, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8NJ
Received 22 Dec 2025Walton Hill Farm, Coton Road, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, DE12 8LP
Received 22 Dec 2025Lees Hall Farm, Marjory Lane, Harehill, Ashbourne, DE6 5AA
Received 1 Dec 2025Fryzms House Farm , Unnamed Road From Twyford Road To Buckford Lane, Stenson, Derby, DE73 7FW
Received 22 Dec 2025Hollybush Cottage, Trent Side, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7GU
Received 22 Dec 2025Cherry Tree House, Trent Lane, Weston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BT
Received 22 Dec 20256 Waterside, Willington, Derby, DE65 6ET
Received 22 Dec 2025Chantry Farm, Trent Lane, Kings Newton, Derby
Received 23 Dec 2025The Paddocks, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DG
Received 23 Dec 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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