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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 11 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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1 Oldicote Lane, Bretby, Burton On Trent, DE15 0QH
Received 13 Dec 20249 Cedric Close, Stanton, DE15 9QX
Received 13 Dec 202493 Jubilee Close Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8GR
Received 9 Dec 202483 Main Street, Kings Newton, Derby, DE73 8BX
Received 6 Dec 2024Land near Covert View, Cropper Lane, Ashbourne, DE6 5BL
Received 13 Dec 202455 Newhall Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BD
Received 16 Dec 202421 Commerce Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FT
Received 16 Dec 20248 Grange Close, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LF
Received 16 Dec 2024Fryzms House Farm, Unnamed Road From Twyford Road To Buckford Lane, Stenson, Derby, DE73 7FW
Received 16 Dec 2024Land at SK3126 0097, Milton Road, Repton, Derby
Received 16 Dec 2024Pete Robinson Holiday Homes Ltd, Colliery Lane, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PB
Received 16 Dec 2024Land at SK2816 1014, Colliery Lane, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PB
Received 16 Dec 202422 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 17 Dec 2024Salt Box Cafe, Derby Road, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PT
Received 17 Dec 202424 New Road, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5FH
Received 11 Dec 202443 Hope Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FX
Received 18 Dec 2024Melbourne Sports Pavilion, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DG
Received 18 Dec 202431A Market Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DA
Received 13 Dec 2024124 Heath Lane, Findern, Derby, DE65 6AR
Received 18 Dec 202460 Hunts Lane, Netherseal, Swadlincote, DE12 8BJ
Received 18 Dec 2024Land to the north of the Royle Farm Business Park, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 18 Dec 2024The Roches, Woodshop Lane, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JA
Received 19 Dec 20249 Avon Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, DE24 3AP
Received 19 Dec 2024Melbourne Community Centre, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 19 Dec 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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