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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Heanor Langley Infant School & Nursery, Laceyfields Road, Heanor,DE75 7HJ
Received 23 Jun 2010Gamesley Community Centre Melandra, Castle Road, GLOSSOP
Received 9 Apr 2009Ridgeway Primary School, Main Road, Ridgeway
Received 28 Jun 2004Meadow View Care Centre, Bakewell Road, Matlock,DE4 2JF
Received 15 Jun 2017Holmewood Industrial Estate, Stainsby Close, Holmewood
Received 25 Mar 2004Aston On Trent Primary School, Long Croft, Aston-on-Trent,DE72 2UH
Received 5 Apr 2011Old Hall Junior School, Old Road, Chesterfield
Received 15 Jan 2004Overseal Primary School, Woodville Road, Swadlincote
Received 5 Nov 2007Cromford Wharf, Mill Road, Cromford
Received 9 Apr 2009Chaucer Infant & Nursery School, Ilkeston,DE7 8LQ
Received 1 Nov 2011Glebe Junior School, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton
Received 31 Jul 2006Former Bennerley Business and Enterprise College,DE7 8PF
Received 2 Jul 2019Holbrook C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Moorside Lane,DE56 0TW
Received 24 Jun 2009Brooklands Primary School, Clumber Street, Long Eaton,NG10 1BX
Received 18 Nov 2013Mickley Infant School, Milton Avenue, Alfreton,DE55 6GG
Received 7 Jun 2013St John's Ce Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Laund Nook, Belper,DE56 1GY
Received 31 Mar 2020Unit 35, M1 Commerce Park. Markham Lane, Markham Vale, Chesterfield,S44 5HS
Received 6 Oct 2014Old Stanton Site, Lows Lane, Ilkeston,DE7 4QU
Received 9 Nov 2012Bonsall C of E (aided) Primary School, Church Street, Bonsall, Matlock,,DE4 2AE
Received 15 Mar 2010Highfields Lower School, Starkholmes Road, Matlock,DE4 3DD
Received 24 Feb 2015Open space at rear of no. 1 and 3 The Brunnen, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 3BE
Received 26 Aug 2025William Allitt School, Sunnyside, Newhall, SWADLINCOTE,DE11 0TL
Received 1 Jul 2016Danesmoor STW, East of Danesmoor on land accessed from Lime Tree Grove
Received 10 Nov 2023Netherthorpe School, Ralph Road, Staveley, Chesterfield
Received 29 Apr 2005Records 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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