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South Derbyshire

Limited recent decision data is available for South Derbyshire, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (1993-07-30–2026-07-04): 91.2% of 27,974 decisions approved.

32,050Total applications
25,510Approved
2,464Refused
1,082Withdrawn
0Pending
91.2%Approval rate (all types)
Check a property in South Derbyshire
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 10,334 9,778 556
94.6%
Not Applicable 8,606 7,726 880
89.8%
Full Planning Application 4,733 4,174 559
88.2%
Change of Use 1,479 1,258 221
85.1%
Listed Building Consent 1,328 1,252 76
94.3%
Advertisement Consent 594 527 67
88.7%
General Industry, Storage, Warehousing 262 253 9
96.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 166 139 27
83.7%
Retail and Servicing 112 107 5
95.5%
Relevant Demolition in a conservation area 77 74 3
96.1%
Office/R&D/light industry 55 53 2
96.4%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 54 46 8
85.2%
Offices, R+D, Light Industry 43 41 2
95.3%
Prior Approval - Agricultural to residential 31 20 11
64.5%
Prior Approval (Other) 30 16 14
53.3%
Traveller Caravan Pitches 23 11 12
47.8%
Householder (Prior Approval) 17 16 1
94.1%
Notification 12 8 4
66.7%
Uncategorised 10 9 1
90.0%
Prior Approval - retail and sui generis to residential 4 1 3
25.0%
Prior Approval - offices to residential 3 0 3
0.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Listed building) 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 261 248
95.0%
2023-Q4 262 239
91.2%
2024-Q1 275 259
94.2%
2024-Q2 266 241
90.6%
2024-Q3 261 242
92.7%
2024-Q4 263 244
92.8%
2025-Q1 189 171
90.5%
2025-Q2 253 242
95.7%
2025-Q3 238 227
95.4%
2025-Q4 275 260
94.5%
2026-Q1 244 224
91.8%
2026-Q2 241 220
91.3%
2026-Q3 12 11
91.7%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
No ward data available
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