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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hartington Industrial Estate, Deepdale Road, Staveley
Received 25 Mar 2004Imperial Commercials, Ashbourne Road, Mackworth, Derby,DE22 4NB
Received 17 Aug 2011Cotmanhay Junior School, Beauvale Drive, Ilkeston,DE7 8RR
Received 15 Mar 2013Land North east of Crompton Road Junction, Donald Ward Limited, Hallam Fields Road, Ilkeston, DE7 4AZ
Received 5 Mar 2021Land at Doe Hill Lane, Tibshelf,,DE55 5LX
Received 8 Dec 2009Barrow Hill Primary School, Station Road, Chesterfield, S43 2PG
Received 12 Mar 2015Sheepbridge Waste Management Facility, Broombank Park, Chesterfield Trading Estate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9RT
Received 23 Mar 2022Ryder Point Works, Ryder Point Road, Wirksworth,DE4 4HE
Received 9 Sept 2015Grassmoor Golf Centre, North Wingfield Road, Grassmoor, Chesterfield,S42 5EA
Received 7 Sept 2012Seymour coal stocking site
Received 18 Mar 2002Harpur Hill Primary school , Trent Avenue, Harpur Hill, Buxton,SK17 9LP
Received 1 Jul 2019Depot 3, Burton Road, Cadley Hill, Swadlincote,DE11 9EL
Received 16 Oct 2018Hallam Fields Junior School, Longfield Lane, Ilkeston,DE7 4DB
Received 15 Dec 2010Grass Verge adjacent Bus Stop, Denby Common, Loscoe
Received 12 Oct 2007Dove Holes Cof E Primary School, Hallsteads, Dove Holes
Received 17 Jan 2006Derbyshire County Council, Sheffield Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak,SK23 0PQ
Received 9 Aug 2011Brockwell Infant School, Purbeck Avenue, Loundsly Green, Chesterfield
Received 10 Jul 2007Hallam Fields Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4AZ
Received 17 Aug 2011Ladywood Primary School Oliver Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Received 25 May 2010Ridge House, Derby Road, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RP
Received 29 Aug 2025Willington Primary School, Trent Avenue, Willington
Received 30 May 2007Dallimore Primary School, Dallimore Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4GZ
Received 22 May 2015Hilton Primary School, Peacroft Lane, Hilton
Received 25 Nov 2005Ridgeway Primary School, Main Road, Ridgeway
Received 22 Aug 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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