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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.
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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Gatekeepers Cottage/ Lea Green Hall Car Park, Main Road, Lea, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5GJ
Received 27 Sept 2023Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, The Green Road, Ashbourne
Received 25 Oct 2007Firfield Primary School, Sawley Road, Breaston
Received 14 Oct 2004Brackenfield School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton,NG10 4DA
Received 12 Apr 2011Stanton Old Works Tip, Stanton by Dale
Received 27 Oct 2003LONS INFANT SCHOOL, TAVISTOCK AVENUE, RIPLEY,DE5 3SE
Received 26 Jul 2011Marlpool Junior School, Claramount Road, Heanor,DE75 7HS
Received 17 Oct 2017Lydford Road, Meadow Lane Industrial Estate, Alfreton
Received 1 Dec 2004Padfield Community Primary School Rhodes Street, Padfield, Glossop,SK13 1EQ
Received 3 Aug 2010Somercotes Infant School, Nottingham Road, Alfreton,DE55 4LY
Received 8 Feb 2017Hadfield Nursery School, Queen Street, Hadfield, Derbyshire,SK14 2DW
Received 27 Mar 2012Alfreton Sewage Treatment Works
Received 26 Sept 2005Meadow View Centre, 330 Bakewell Road, Matlock, Derbyshire,DE4 2JD
Received 28 Jan 2016Gamesley Community Primary School, Grindleford Grove, Glossop,SK13 6HW
Received 22 May 2012Oak View, Fernilee, Whaley Bridge
Received 9 Aug 2004Whitwell Primary School, Southfield Lane, Whitwell, Derbyshire,S80 4NT
Received 23 Oct 2015Hartington Reclamation, Farndale Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, S43 3YN
Received 8 Apr 2024A P C Industrial Services Ltd, Bailey House, Bailey Drive, Killamarsh,S21 2JF
Received 13 Nov 2012The Bolsover School, Mooracre Lane, Bolsover,S44 6XA
Received 29 Dec 2009Griffin Close, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S43 3LJ
Received 3 Jul 2015Porter Lane Industrial Estate, Porter Lane, Middleton by Wirksworth
Received 26 Feb 2010Bretby Landfill and Household Waste Recycling Centre, Main Street, Newhall, Swad
Received 29 Jan 2003Hilton Primary School , Peacroft Lane, Hilton
Received 12 Jun 2008ST JOHN'S CHURCH, WALTON BACK LANE, WALTON, S42 7LT
Received 21 Jul 2025Records 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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