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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pilsley Primary School Station Road, CHESTERFIELD, S45 8EU
Received 20 Mar 2009Dunsley Mill, Via Gellia Road, Bonsall
Received 17 Jun 2008Public Library, Main Street, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6NB
Received 8 Jun 2026Bolsover Infant And Nursery School, Welbeck Road, Bolsover,S44 6DE
Received 24 Aug 2018Bennerley School, Bennerley Avenue, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston
Received 6 Oct 2005Victoria Hall Talbot Street, GLOSSOP, Derbyshire, GLOSSOP, SK13 7DQ
Received 26 Feb 20098A Dallimore Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4GZ
Received 10 Feb 2026Glossopdale Community College, Newshaw Lane, Glossop,SK13 2DA
Received 16 Feb 2016Creswell C of E Infant & Nursery School Elmton Road, Creswell
Received 23 May 2008Heanor Langley Infant School and Nursery, Laceyfields Road, Heanor, Derbyshire,DE75 7HJ
Received 6 May 2010Dowlow Quarry, Sterndale Moor, Buxton,SK17 9QF
Received 23 Oct 2017Newhall Pupil Referal Unit, Memorial Hall School, Main Street, Newhall, Swadlincote,DE11 0TW
Received 16 Nov 2017Highlikely Quarry, Nr Kelstedge
Received 28 Dec 2007Chinley Primary School, Buxton Road, Chinley, Derbyshire, , SK23 6DR,SK23 6DR
Received 23 Jan 2015Bridge Waste Ltd, Unit 11 Pye Bridge Industrial Estate, Alfreton,DE55 4NX
Received 3 Sept 201324 A, MACCLESFIELD ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 9AH
Received 17 Jul 2025Buxton Community School, College Road, Buxton,SK17 9EA
Received 19 Oct 2009Willington Quarry, Castleway Lane, Egginton
Received 15 Aug 2006SANTOS, SANTOS HIGHAM FARM HOTEL, MAIN ROAD, HIGHAM, DE55 6EH
Received 16 Mar 2026Bishop Geoffrey Allen Church And County Centre, Winster Mews, Gamesley, Glossop,SK13 0LU
Received 14 Apr 2020Dinting Vale, Glossop
Received 31 Oct 2008Buxworth Primary School, Station Road, Buxworth, Derbyshire,SK23 7NJ
Received 12 Dec 2014Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College, Derby Road, Long Eaton
Received 30 Apr 2007Hasland Junior School, The Green, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S41 0JU
Received 15 Aug 2014Records 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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