Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
off Alfreton Road, South Normanton
Received 18 May 2006Fairfield Endowed Junior School, Boarstone Lane, Fairfield, Buxton
Received 18 Jan 2008Broom House Farm, Oakerthorpe, Alfreton,DE55 7LL
Received 28 Jan 2011Brookfield Community School, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield
Received 10 Jul 2007Ambergate Transport Depot, Ripley Road , Ambergate
Received 24 Mar 2005William Rhodes Primary School, Hunloke Avenue, Chesterfield,S40 2NR
Received 7 Mar 2014Norwood Industrial Estate, Bailey Drive, Killamarsh
Received 25 Mar 2004Hunloke Park Primary School, Lodge Drive, Wingerworth
Received 4 Jun 2007Kirk Langley CE[C] Primary School, Moor Lane, Kirk Langley
Received 26 Oct 2005Fairfield Infant School, Bench Road, Fairfield, Buxton
Received 31 Jul 2006Duffield Meadows Primary School Park Road, Duffield,DE56 4GT
Received 20 Jul 2012Osmaston Village Hall
Received 4 Aug 2005Ashgate Croft School, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield,S40 4BN
Received 26 Apr 2019Dukes Quarry, Whatstandwell
Received 3 Oct 2008Brockwell Nursery and Infant School, Purbeck Avenue, Chesterfield,S40 4NP
Received 4 Mar 2016Glebe Junior School, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton,DE55 2JB
Received 24 Oct 2014land adjacent to Fairfield Youth Centre, Victoria Park Road, Buxton
Received 24 Aug 2004Wilsthorpe Community School, Derby Road, Long Eaton
Received 25 Nov 2005Woodthorpe CE Primary School, Seymour Lane, Woodthorpe
Received 4 Jul 2003Weekend Leisure, 3 Ray Street, Heanor,DE75 7GE
Received 6 Jun 2014St Andrews C of E (Controlled) Junior School, Hadfield Road, Glossop, SK13 2DR
Received 16 Feb 2009Doveridge Primary School, Chapel Green, Doveridge
Received 27 Apr 2004Breadsall Support Centre, Brookside Road, Breadsall
Received 1 Jul 2005Elvaston Castle Country Park, Elvaston
Received 17 Sept 2009Records 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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