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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 20 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Rose Cottage, Twyford Road, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HA
Received 6 Jan 2025Rose Cottage, Twyford Road, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, DE73 7HA
Received 6 Jan 2025Lady Leys Farm, Green Lane, Lullington, Swadlincote, DE12 8EE
Received 6 Jan 2025Land north of Scropton Lane, Scropton, Derby
Received 6 Jan 20251 Newton Mount Cottages, Bretby Lane, Bretby, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0QS
Received 6 Jan 2025Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 6 Jan 2025The Cottage, Far Moorside, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AD
Received 7 Jan 20252 The Limes, Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7HR
Received 7 Jan 20254 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0SJ
Received 7 Jan 2025154 Oversetts Road, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0SN
Received 7 Jan 20251 Rectory Gardens, Aston-on-trent, Derby, DE72 2AZ
Received 7 Jan 2025The Lindens, Ingleby Road, Stanton-By-Bridge, Derby, DE73 7HU
Received 7 Jan 20259 Newhall Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BA
Received 20 Dec 2024Lyndhurst, Rose Tree Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0LN
Received 23 Dec 202495 Egginton Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NP
Received 8 Jan 2025Manor Farm Lodge, 86 Swarkestone Road, Barrow on Trent, DE73 7HF
Received 9 Jan 2025Land east of Chellaston Lane and south of Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 9 Jan 2025Land east of Chellaston Lane and south of Shardlow Road, Derby
Received 9 Jan 2025New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 27 Dec 2024Land at K1930 5342, Hawthorn Farm, Scropton Road, Scropton, DE65 5PR
Received 10 Jan 202525 Headstock Drive, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9FY
Received 10 Jan 2025Land off Church Lane, Newton Solney, Burton on Trent , DE15 0SF
Received 13 Jan 202516A Milton Road, Repton, Derby, DE65 6FZ
Received 13 Jan 202528 Bramley Dale, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9RT
Received 13 Jan 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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