Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stretton Handley CE Primary School, Beresford Lane, Woolley Moor
Received 21 Nov 2007The Avenue Redevelopment Site, Wingerworth, Chesterfield
Received 3 May 2017Langley Infant School, Langley, Heanor
Received 29 Mar 2007Florence Shipley Home, Market Place, Heanor
Received 6 Jun 2006Mercaston Pit proposed Ravensdale Park extension
Received 22 Nov 2004Hasland Junior School, Broomfield Avenue, Hasland
Received 10 Mar 2008Pilsley primary School, Station Road, Pilsley
Received 18 Sept 2003DCC Industrial Unit, Salcombe Road, Meadow Lane Industrial Estate, Alfreton
Received 29 Oct 2007Clay Cross Sewage Treatment Works, Highstairs Lane, Holmgate, Henmoor, Clay Cross, S45 9AW
Received 25 Jul 2024Lea Green Centre, Main Road, Lea
Received 27 Aug 2004Scarcliffe Primary School, Main Street, Scarcliffe
Received 12 Jun 20039 CHESTNUT CLOSE, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4HD
Received 5 Jun 2025Horsley Woodhouse Primary School,, Main Street ,ILKESTON,DE7 6AT
Received 25 May 2017Overseal Primary School, Woodville Road, Overseal
Received 25 Apr 2005Trusley Sewage Treatment Works, Long Lane, Trusley
Received 18 Aug 2003Land off Hazelmere Road, Creswell, Derbyshire
Received 28 Oct 2011Crich Quarry, Town End, Crich, Matlock, DE4 5DP
Received 6 Jan 2022Former Biwaters Site, Market Street, Clay Cross,S45 9NE
Received 7 Oct 2009Brackenfield School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton
Received 4 Nov 2008Corfield Church of England Infant School, Thorpes Road,HEANOR,DE75 7GQ
Received 7 Dec 2016Ripley St Johns C of E VC Primary School, Dannah Street, Ripley,DE5 3BD
Received 28 Sept 2012land to the south of Attenborough Nature Reserve, Long Eaton
Received 16 Jan 2009Tibshelf Community School & Specialist Sports College ,High Street, Tibshelf
Received 24 Feb 2009Theaker Recycling Ltd, Heanor Road, Loscoe
Received 14 Oct 2008Records 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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