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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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Land north of Occupation Lane (Woodville Regeneration Area), Woodville, Swadlincote
Received 5 Jan 2026Bridge Farm Industrial Estate, Sinfin Lane, Derby, DE73 7HH
Received 6 Jan 2026The Stables, Ashby Road, Ticknall, DE73 7JJ
Received 6 Jan 20265 Hawthorn Crescent, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AN
Received 6 Jan 2026The Stables, Ashby Road, Ticknall, DE73 7JJ
Received 6 Jan 20261 Ironstone Lane, Stanton, Swadlincote, DE15 9QY
Received 6 Jan 202615 Aston Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GX
Received 6 Jan 2026133 Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9AE
Received 7 Jan 2026Calke Lodge, Broadstone Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LD
Received 7 Jan 20267a Yates Avenue, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2BG
Received 7 Jan 20268 Ascott Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0JZ
Received 7 Jan 2026Repton School, Workshop Latham House, Tanners Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FP
Received 8 Jan 20263 Bretby Mews, Unnamed Road Through Bretby Park, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RB
Received 8 Jan 2026The Lady in Grey, Milne Lane, Shardlow, DE72 2HA
Received 8 Jan 2026Repton School, Burton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FH
Received 8 Jan 2026The Lady in Grey, Wilne Lane, Shardlow, DE72 2HA
Received 8 Jan 20261A & 1B The Castle Way, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BT
Received 9 Jan 2026Newton Park Hotel, Newton Park, Newton Solney, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0SS
Received 9 Jan 2026Four Winds, The Common, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DH
Received 4 Jan 2026Melbourne Animal Farm, The Common, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DH
Received 9 Jan 2026Land At Sk3026 6131, Broomhills Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FS
Received 9 Jan 2026Land to the Rear of 58 - 74A Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8DA
Received 9 Jan 2026Pessall Wood, Coton-in-the-Elms, Swadlincote, DE12 8BH
Received 12 Jan 202620 Pear Tree Close, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7AQ
Received 12 Jan 2026Records 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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