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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hall Farm, Sutton Lane, Sutton Scarsdale
Received 4 Dec 2006The William Allitt School, Sunnyside, Swadlincote,DE11 0TL
Received 30 May 2018Willshee's Waste And Recycling Limited, Keith Willshee Way, Swadlincote, DE11 9EN
Received 5 Mar 2021Langley Infants School, Laceyfields Road, Heanor
Received 22 Aug 2003Whitting Valley Road, Old Whittington
Received 4 May 2004Former Avenue Site, Derby Road, Wingerworth
Received 10 Mar 2004Silverdale, Combs Road, Chapel-en-le-frith, Derbyshire, SK23 9UW
Received 20 Mar 2026Land South of Bishops Lane, Buxton
Received 3 May 20117 Glenholme, Dove Lane, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, NG10 4LP
Received 23 Feb 2024Whitwell Quarry, Crags Road, WHITWELL,S80 3LJ
Received 25 Jan 2017Shipley Park Visitor Centre, Shipley Hill, Heanor
Received 1 Jul 2005Morton Primary School, Main Road, Morton
Received 27 Apr 2005Pooles Cavern, Go Ape, Green Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9DH
Received 14 May 2026Waterswallows Road Industrial Estate, Buxton
Received 12 Feb 2010Creswell Infant & Nursery School, Gypsy Lane, Creswell,S80 4HX
Received 21 Dec 2010Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire,DE4 5LB
Received 20 Jan 2014Deer Park Primary School, New Road, Wingerworth
Received 7 Mar 2006Hady Primary School, Hady Lane, Hady,S41 0DF
Received 20 Dec 2018St John's C.E. Primary School, Laund Nook, Belper
Received 15 Oct 2004Highfields Lower School, Starkholmes Road, Matlock,DE4 3DD
Received 19 Jun 2012MOSSNIPS, CHURCH LANE, DOVERIDGE, DE6 5NN
Received 17 Dec 202593 a & b Sheffield Road,Chesterfield
Received 18 Nov 2008Staveley Landfill Site, Hall Lane, CHESTERFIELD, S43 3TP
Received 27 May 2009Marina Road, Smalley
Received 14 Nov 2007Records 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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