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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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: 2 Oct 2006 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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23 Green Leas, Aston on Trent, DE72 2UQ
Received 31 Mar 2025Thatched Farm, Main Street, Radbourne, Ashbourne, DE6 4LY
Received 27 Mar 202514 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 31 Mar 2025The Stables, Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 8DG
Received 7 Apr 2025Holmleigh, Forties Lane, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2SN
Received 7 Apr 2025743 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, DE11 0DN
Received 1 Apr 202530 High Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JH
Received 7 Apr 2025Woodside Farm, Colliery Lane, Linton, Swadlincote, DE12 6PB
Received 31 Mar 2025Melbourne Community Centre, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Received 7 Apr 2025108 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JZ
Received 7 Apr 2025Land Near Covert View, Cropper Lane, Ashbourne, DE6 5BL
Received 8 Apr 2025Bearwardcote Farm, Derby Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LR
Received 7 Apr 2025Mount Pleasant Farm, Sutton Road, Church Broughton, DE65 5DE
Received 31 Mar 2025Land at junction of A38 and A5132 The Castle Way, Willington, Eggington, DE65 6GY
Received 9 Apr 2025W M Morrison Supermarket Plc, Coppice Side, Swadlincote, DE11 9AA
Received 9 Apr 202516 Church Hill, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6LT
Received 9 Apr 2025Land at SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 10 Apr 2025181 Main Street, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JF
Received 11 Apr 2025Land at New House Farm, Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DN
Received 11 Apr 2025Cross Close Farm, Cropper Lane, Osleston, Ashbourne, DE6 5JJ
Received 11 Apr 2025Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 11 Apr 2025SK2420 2230 Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 11 Apr 2025Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 11 Apr 2025Land at SK2420 2230, Drakelow Park, Walton Road, Drakelow, Swadlincote
Received 11 Apr 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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