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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Old Hall Junior School, Old Road, Chesterfield,S40 3QR
Received 2 Jun 2010Former Brookside Caravan Storage Site, Whittington Road, Chesterfield, Barrow Hill, S43 2PW
Received 9 Sept 2025rear of footpath Jubilee Court, Belper
Received 12 Oct 2007Mill Hill School, Peasehill Road, Ripley
Received 25 Apr 200621 Woodfield Close, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1PW
Received 30 Sept 2025Bramleymoor Lane, Marsh Lane
Received 18 Dec 2017Somercotes Infant School, Nottingham Road, Somercotes
Received 1 Oct 2007Aldercar Youth and Community Bungalow, Daltons Close, Langley Mill, Derbyshire
Received 15 Sept 2006The Green Infant School, New Street, Alfreton,DE55 2BS
Received 4 Oct 2011Shardlow Primary School, London Road, Shardlow
Received 25 Jun 2004Somercotes Infant School, Victoria Street, Somercotes
Received 13 Nov 2003BRACKENFIELD SCHOOL, BRACKEN ROAD, LONG EATON,NG10 4DA
Received 24 May 2011Biffa Waste Services Limited, New Elvaston Quarry, London Road, Thulston, Derby,DE72 3FF
Received 6 Dec 2017land at Waterlog Farm, Dale Abbey
Received 10 May 2007All Saints C of E Voluntary Controlled Junior School, Hurds Hollow, MATLOCK
Received 24 Apr 2009Land to the rear of the Former Drakelow Power Station, Walton Road, Drakelow
Received 24 Feb 2015Wilsthorpe Community School, Derby Road, Long Eaton
Received 21 Oct 2003Anthony Bek Community Primary School, Rotherham Road, Pleasley, Derbyshire,NG19 7PG
Received 30 Oct 2015New Mills School and Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, New Mills
Received 30 Jan 2004Killamarsh Library, Village Centre, Sheffield Road, Killamarsh
Received 1 Feb 2006Kirk Langley CE(C) Primary School, Moor Lane, Kirk Langley,DE6 4LQ
Received 25 Jan 2011Land Rear Of Newfield Garage, Manchester Road, Tunstead Milton, Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, SK23 7ER
Received 16 Jul 2026NETHERSEAL ST PETERS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAIN STREET, SWADLINCOTE,DE12 8BZ
Received 15 Jul 2011Parkside Community Junior School, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne,DE6 1EJ
Received 9 Sept 2016Records 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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