Planning decisions in South Derbyshire
How long South Derbyshire takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 607 decisions it made in the twelve months to August 2026. Days run from validation to decision, the clock the council reports against; the wait from receipt is shown beside it. How the figures are made.
66 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52)
35%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 69% within thirteen
95%approved (UK 89%): 553 approved, 32 refused, 22 withdrawn
231 of 339UK rank for speed, up 38 places on last year; 72 of 339 for approvals
By year
| Year decided | Median days | Within 8 weeks | Approved | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 * | 63 | 33% | 86% | 73 |
| 2017 * | 63 | 35% | 95% | 44 |
| 2018 * | 60 | 36% | 92% | 208 |
| 2019 * | 67 | 38% | 100% | 43 |
| 2020 * | 55 | 64% | 94% | 72 |
| 2021 * | 68 | 42% | 96% | 46 |
| 2022 * | 168 | 6% | 100% | 36 |
| 2023 * | 94 | 35% | 91% | 90 |
| 2024 * | 56 | 53% | 88% | 86 |
| 2025 * | 57 | 47% | 92% | 76 |
* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.
Past their target date now
- Top Farm, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, DE6 5BRPrior Notification for extension to agricultural building atdue 3 Aug 2026
- Hoon Mount, Hoon lane, Hilton Derbsyhire, DE65 5GAPrior Notification for an extension to an existing shed and the erection of a replacement shed atdue 7 Aug 2026
- Southern End of Little Meadow Lane , Heathtop, Church BroughtonConsultation from the County Council on Claim to Upgrade to Bridleway Footpaths Nos. 11 & 20 - Parish of Church Broughton and Add a Public Bdue 13 Aug 2026
- 3 Well Lane, Repton, Derby, DE65 6EYNon-material amendment to permission ref. DMPA/2026/0348 seeking change in finish to porch roof relating to the erection of a car port to thdue 14 Aug 2026
- Land to the east of Dove Valley Park, Park Avenue, Foston, DerbyNon-material amendment to permission ref. DMPA/2025/1570 seeking amended plans relating to Erection of 2no buildings in B2/B8 and ancillarydue 28 Aug 2026
- St Andrews Church, Ferry Lane, Twyford, Derby, DE73 7HJThe felling of a Scots Pine tree to ground level due to storm damage atdue 31 Aug 2026
- Newton Hills, Newton Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0RYThe felling of a Prunus to ground level atdue 1 Sept 2026
- Land North Of Staker Lane, DerbyScoping Opinion for proposed residential development atdue 2 Sept 2026
Built nightly from South Derbyshire's planning register. Ranks are among the 339 published councils. See planning applications in South Derbyshire, appeals, or get alerts for South Derbyshire.
About these figures
How are decision times measured?
Days from the date the council validated the application to the date it decided it, for applications approved or refused in the window. That is the clock councils report against and the official statistics use. Each council’s page also shows the count from receipt, which is what the applicant actually waited. Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.
Why do these figures differ from the council’s own?
Councils count an agreed extension of time as decided on time; we treat the calendar as the calendar. Our figures are also live and rolling, where official statistics are quarterly and annual. So a council’s own within-eight-weeks figure will usually sit a little above ours.
What counts as approved?
Approval rate is approvals divided by approvals plus refusals. Withdrawals, and decisions whose outcome the register does not state, are counted in the totals but not in the rate.
Why is a council missing?
A council is published when it has at least 25 timed decisions in the window and its register’s decision data passes our consistency checks. Councils that fail are listed with the reason rather than shown with a number that would mislead.
How often is this updated?
Nightly, from the decisions we collect from every council register we monitor. The window is the twelve months to the last complete month.