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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aldercar Community Language College, Daltons Close, Langley Mill
Received 4 Mar 2009Ripley Nursery School, Sandham Lane, Derbyshire, Ripley,DE5 3HE
Received 21 Jun 2013Duffield Meadows Primary School, Park Road, Duffield,DE56 4GT
Received 7 Sept 2012Glapwell Landfil Site
Received 4 Apr 2005All Saints CE Junior School, Hurds Hollow, Matlock
Received 9 Aug 2005County Hall, Matlock, Derbyshire,DE4 3AG
Received 6 Mar 2012Poulter Country Park, Langwith
Received 9 May 2014Milford Community Primary school, Chevin Road, Milford,DE56 0QH
Received 15 Mar 2011Breadsall C of E Controlled Primary School, Moor Road, DERBY, DE21 5LA
Received 18 May 2009land adjacent Newhall Centre, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 5 Apr 2007South of Hipper Street South, Chesterfield
Received 8 Aug 2014Unit 1, Manners Industrial Estate, Ilkeston,DE7 8EF
Received 23 Nov 2011WEST HILLS, MACCLESFIELD OLD ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 6TT
Received 17 Oct 202587 NETHERMOOR ROAD, NEW TUPTON, S42 6EW
Received 26 May 2026Shirebrook Green Energy Park, Acreage Lane, Off Portland Drive, Shirebrook,NG20 8GB
Received 11 Feb 2013Bolsover CE Junior School, Horsehead Lane, Bolsover
Received 16 Oct 2006Darley Dale Primary School, Greenaway Lane, Hackney, Matlock, Derbyshire,DE4 2QB
Received 8 Jan 2016Brookfield Community School, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield
Received 28 Sept 2004Parkside Community Junior School, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne
Received 22 Mar 2006New Mills School and 6th Form Centre, Church Lane, New Mills
Received 24 Jan 2006Hallam Fields Sewage Treatment Works, Ilkeston
Received 11 Nov 2005Ilkeston School, King George Avenue, Ilkeston
Received 24 Nov 2003Whaley Thorns Primary School, Portland Road, Langwith
Received 29 Aug 2007Old Manor Park, Mansfield Road, Temple Normanton
Received 16 Jul 2004Records 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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