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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Parkside Community Junior School, Cockayne Avenue, Ashbourne
Received 10 May 2007ST HELENS CHURCH, CHURCH ROAD, CHURCHTOWN, DARLEY DALE, DE4 2GL
Received 20 Apr 2026St Oswalds C of E Infant School, Mayfield Road, Ashbourne,DE6 1AS
Received 16 Dec 2019Waterside Garage, Hadfield, Glossop
Received 18 Jul 2008Waste Transfer Station, Lydford Road, Alfreton
Received 2 Jul 2003Horsley Woodhouse Primary School, Main Street, ILKESTON, DE7 6AT
Received 27 Apr 2009Tetron Point, Swadlincote
Received 13 Aug 2003Ashbrook Junior School, Victoria Avenue, Borrowash
Received 16 Apr 2004Tupton Primary School, Queen Victoria Road, Chesterfield,,S42 6DY
Received 15 Feb 2010Deer Park Primary School, New Road, WINGERWORTH,S42 6TD
Received 23 Jun 2017River Trent to Wilne Lane, Shardlow
Received 9 Jan 2009Sudbury Primary School, School Lane, Sudbury
Received 18 Feb 200382 LONGEDGE LANE, WINGERWORTH, S42 6PQ
Received 15 Dec 2025Langwith Bassett Community Primary School, Bassett Hill, Langwith Junction.
Received 12 Apr 2005Tibshelf Infant and Nursery School, High Street, Tibshelf
Received 27 Mar 2007Elmsleigh Infant School, Queens Drive, Midway, Swadlincote,DE11 0EG
Received 11 Nov 2016Granby Junior School, Heanor Road, Ilkeston
Received 2 Apr 20047 CHESTNUT CLOSE, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4HD
Received 10 Dec 2025The Glebe Junior School, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton
Received 30 Nov 2004Elvaston Pit Northern Extension, nr Derby
Received 1 Aug 2005TREES WITHIN HORSE WOOD ADJOINING FOOTPATH AT REAR OF , 20 AND 22 FOXCOTE WAY, WALTON, S42 7NP
Received 13 Jul 2026The Curzon C of E Primary School, Church Road, Quarndon, Derbyshire,DE22 5JA
Received 11 May 2010Frederick Gent School, Mansfield Road, South Normanton, Derbyshire,DE55 2ER
Received 5 Jan 2015Hillcrest Home for Older People, Kenilworth Drive, Kirk Hallam
Received 28 Nov 2003Records 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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