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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hollingwood Primary School, Lilac Street, Derbyshire, Chesterfield,S43 2JG
Received 22 Sept 2009High Bank Farm, Hague St/Kidd Road, Glossop,SK13 7PN
Received 2 Jun 2010New Bassett Home for Older People, Park Avenue, Shirebrook
Received 18 Feb 2008Dallimore Primary School, Dallimore Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 4GZ
Received 18 May 2010Model Village Primary School, Central Drive, Shirebrook,NG20 8BQ
Received 28 Sept 2009Waterswallows Road Industrial Estate, Buxton
Received 31 Jul 2009Ladycross Infant School, Victoria Road, Sandiacre
Received 7 Jan 2008Renishaw Primary School, Hague Lane, Renishaw
Received 10 Jul 2007Land at former Creswell Colliery Lagoons Frithwood lane, Creswell
Received 29 Nov 2016Woodville Teachers and Youth Centre, Moira Road, Woodville, Swadlincote
Received 20 Feb 2008Brookfield Community School & Specialist Sports College, Chatsworth Road
Received 6 May 2009WHALEY BRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BUXTON ROAD, WHALEY BRIDGE, SK23 7HX
Received 2 Apr 2025Hulland C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Firs Avenue, Hulland Ward
Received 1 Sept 2008Land North of Dowlow Quarry, Dowlow Quarry, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9QF
Received 15 May 2023Rother County Junior School, Jawbones Hill, Derby Road, Chesterfield
Received 20 Jul 2005Woodland at junction with Chesterfiield Road and Elm Street, Hollingwood, Chesterfield, S43 2LQ
Received 20 Aug 2026Hayfield Quarry, New Mills Road, Hayfield, Derbyshire, , SK22 1BT,SK22 1BT
Received 30 Jan 2015Whaley Bridge Primary School, Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge, High Peak,SK23 7HX
Received 10 Aug 2010Aston on Trent Primary School, Long Croft, DERBY,DE72 2UH
Received 8 Dec 2016Whitwell Primary School, Southfield Lane, Whitwell,S80 4NT
Received 1 Jul 2016Kirk Langley CE Primary School, Moor Lane, Kirk Langley
Received 28 Jun 2005Woodville Infants School, High Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,DE11 7EA
Received 14 Aug 2015Impact House, Ireland Close, Staveley,S43 3PE
Received 10 May 2010Netherseal St Peter's Cofe (c) Primary School, Main Street, Netherseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8BZ
Received 9 Jul 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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