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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bradley Primary School, Yew Tree Lane, Bradley,DE6 1PG
Received 21 Nov 2014Petersham Centre, 58-60 Petersham Road, Long Eaton
Received 24 Jun 2003Former Biwaters Site, Market Street, Clay Cross,S45 9NE
Received 7 Oct 2009Granville Community School, Burton Road, Woodville,DE11 7JR
Received 17 Aug 2010Ladywood primary School, Oliver Road, Ilkeston
Received 9 Jul 2007Stanton Recycling, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 4BG
Received 3 Oct 2014Parkside Community School, Boythorpe Avenue, Chesterfield,S40 2NS
Received 5 Aug 2016The Manor Centre, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield
Received 10 Oct 2006Parkside Community School, Boythorpe Mount, Boythorpe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2NS
Received 15 May 2023Holmesdale Infant School, The Avenue, Dronfield, Derbyshire,S18 2LR
Received 8 Aug 2014Pottery Primary School, Kilbourne Road, Belper
Received 16 Oct 2003The Avenue, Derby Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S40 6NB
Received 19 Nov 2015Ironville and Codnor Park Primary School, Victoria Street, Ironville
Received 1 Apr 2004Kents Bank Complex, Pupil Referral Unit, Kents Bank Road, Buxton
Received 26 Oct 2005Eckington School, Dronfield Road, S21 4GN
Received 11 Jun 2009Hatton Adult Education Centre, Station Road, Hatton
Received 7 Dec 2005Ripley Junior School, Poplar Avenue, Ripley
Received 24 May 2007Riddings Infant School, West Street, Riddings
Received 24 Oct 2003Larklands Infant School, Park Road,ILKESTON,DE7 5DR
Received 28 Mar 2018Scarcliffe Primary School, Langwith Road, CHESTERFIELD, S44 6TH
Received 8 Apr 2009Trent Farm, Long Eaton
Received 26 Mar 2012Stanton Old Works Tip, Stanton by Dale
Received 13 Dec 2007PARKSIDE COMMUNITY JUNIOR SCHOOL, COKAYNE AVENUE, ASHBOURNE,DE6 1EJ
Received 14 Jun 2011William Allit School, Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote,DE11 0TL
Received 6 Dec 2017Records 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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