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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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Derbyshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1962 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
19 College road, Buxton
Received 25 Jun 200431 LONGLANDS LANE, FINDERN, DERBY, DE65 6AH
Received 7 Jan 2026CAVENDISH VIEW, WATFORD ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 6XD
Received 3 Oct 2025corner of Station Road/Blakemore Avenue, Melbourne
Received 16 Aug 2004Dove Holes C of E Primary School, Dove Holes,SK17 8BJ
Received 17 Dec 2010Creswell Junior School, Elmton Road, Creswell,S80 4JD
Received 3 Feb 2017Brierlow Quarry, Buxton
Received 10 Dec 2013Pottery Primary School, Kilbourne Road, Belper
Received 12 Dec 2008land adj to Grange Close, Clover Nook Industrial Estate, Alfreton
Received 15 Nov 2006Coppice Primary School, Roper Avenue, Heanor,DE75 7BZ
Received 9 Jun 2010Kilburn Junior School, The Flat, Kilburn, Belper, DE56 0LA
Received 17 Feb 2021Peak Dale Sewage Treatment Works
Received 25 Nov 2003Gables Childrens Home,Crossings Road, Chapel en le Frith
Received 3 Dec 2008Brassington Moor Quarry Longcliffe, Brassington, Derbyshire,DE4 4BZ
Received 24 Jan 2017Somercotes Infant School, Nottingham Road, Somercotes,DE55 4LY
Received 6 Jul 2010Brigg Infant School, South Street, South Normanton,DE55 2DA
Received 8 Feb 2011Renishaw Coated Stone Plant, Main Road, Renishaw,Derbyshire,S21 3UX
Received 4 Nov 2016Carsington and Hopton (C of E) Voluntary Aided Primary School, Carsington
Received 17 Aug 2007Sharley Park Primary School, Pilsley Road, Clay Cross
Received 24 Feb 2009Dale Road, Darley Dale,Matlock
Received 14 Mar 2005Pottery Primary School, Kilbourne Road, Belper,DE56 1HA
Received 15 May 2014Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School, Green Lane, Dronfield, Derbyshire,S18 2FZ
Received 14 May 2013Hall lane Waste Site, Staveley
Received 6 Aug 2003Stenson Fields Primary Community School, Goathland Road, Stenson Fields,DE24 3BW
Received 10 Apr 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Derbyshire County 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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