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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Long Eaton Library, Tamworth Road, Long Eaton
Received 18 Oct 2006Dalbury Lees Sewage Treatment Works
Received 16 Jul 2003Lons Infant School, Tavistock Avenue, Ripley,DE5 3SE
Received 24 Aug 20102 Ferrers Way, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3GZ
Received 17 Aug 2026Overseal Primary School, Woodville Road, Swadlincote,,DE12 6LU
Received 3 Feb 2010Woodville Teachers and Youth Centre, Moira Road, Woodville
Received 22 Nov 2007Land at and to the north of existing Lodge House site, Heanor Road, Smalley
Received 20 Sept 2010Wessington Primary School, The Green, Wessington,DE55 6DQ
Received 2 Jan 2019Scarcliffe Lane Farms, Langwith.
Received 31 Oct 2005Wirksworth C of E Infant Schoool, 23 North End, Wirksworth, Derbyshire,DE4 4FG
Received 23 Oct 2015South Wingfield Primary School, Church Lane, South Wingfield, Alfreton, Derbys,DE55 7NJ
Received 21 Jan 2013South Normanton Nursery School, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton,DE55 2JB
Received 15 Jan 2019Brampton Primary School, School Board Lane, Brampton, Chesterfield
Received 20 Oct 2006Derwent Valley Heritage Way, Bakewell Road to Aston Lane, Matlock.
Received 24 Jan 2012South Darley C of E Controlled Primary School, Cross Green, MATLOCK,DE4 2JT
Received 17 Aug 2009CLOWNE INFANT & NURSERY SCHOOL, RINGER LANE, CLOWNE, CHESTERFIELD,S43 4DB
Received 19 Jul 2011Simmondley Primary School, Pennine Road, Simmondley, Glossop,SK13 6NN
Received 9 Nov 2016Brooklands Infant School, Clumber Street, Long Eaton
Received 18 Aug 2005Blackwell Primary School, Primrose Hill, Alfreton, Derbyshire,DE55 5JG
Received 13 Dec 2013Hasland Childrens Centre 38 The Green, Chesterfield,S41 0LN
Received 2 Mar 2010Pinxton Nursery School, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton
Received 21 Jul 2004The Meadows Community School, 142 High Street, Old Whittington
Received 28 Jun 2007Hallam Fields Sewage Treatment Works, Ilkeston
Received 8 May 2008Gatekeepers Cottage, Main Road, Lea, Matlock, DE4 5GJ
Received 30 Jun 2026Records 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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