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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Unit 3 Acton Avenue, Long Eaton, Derbyshire,NG10 1GA
Received 20 Jun 2012Whitwell Primary School, Southfield Lane, Whitwell
Received 28 Feb 2003Block 1 -12, Thornwood Court, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6XZ
Received 6 Oct 2026Hadfield Infants School, Mersey Bank Road, Hadfield
Received 25 May 2004Bolsover Infant & Nursery School, Welbeck Road, Bolsover,S44 6DE
Received 17 Oct 2014Lea Primary School Church Street, MATLOCK, DE4 5JP
Received 27 Apr 2009Barlow CE (C) Primary School, Millcross Lane, Barlow
Received 23 Feb 2006Oaklands Manor, Manchester Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6ST
Received 6 Mar 2026Woodland on the west sdie of London Road (off Wyedale Close), Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9RF
Received 1 Jul 2026Bolsover Thomas Colledge Home for Older People, Oxcroft Lane , Bolsover
Received 5 Dec 2005BRASSINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL HILL, BRASSINGTON,DE4 4HB
Received 4 Jan 201120 Chestnut Close, Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 4HD
Received 15 Jul 2026Marlpool Junior School, Claramount Road, Marlpool, Heanor
Received 5 Jul 2004Land in front of 11 Lodge Close, Duffield, Belper, DE56 4HE
Received 28 Aug 2025Dronfield School, Green Lane, Dronfield
Received 17 Sept 2004Netherthorpe School, Ralph Road, Staveley, Chesterfield,S43 3PY
Received 22 Apr 2010Willington Primary School, Trent Avenue, Willington
Received 9 Feb 2007Birk Hill Infant School, Chestnut Avenue, Eckington, Sheffield, S21 4BE
Received 11 Mar 2013Somercotes Infant School, Nottingham Road, Somercotes,DE55 4LY
Received 28 Sept 2010Cul de sac off Lydford Road, Meadow Lane Industrial Estate, Alfreton
Received 30 Sept 2004Tibshelf
Received 1 Dec 2006Buxton Community School ( C), College Road, Buxton, Derbyshire,
Received 4 Feb 2003Kirk Ireton CE Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Main Street, KIRK IRETON,DE6 3LD
Received 23 Sept 2016Barrow Hill Primary School, Station Road, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield
Received 17 May 2007Records 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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