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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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24 A, MACCLESFIELD ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 9AH
Received 29 Oct 2025Langley Mill Sure Start Centre, Bailey Brook Drive, Heanor,NG16 4FS
Received 29 Jun 2010Grassmoor Golf Centre, North Wingfield Road, CHESTERFIELD,S42 5EA
Received 22 Jun 2009Pottery Primary School, Kilbourne Road, BELPER,,DE56 1HA
Received 19 Aug 2016Stenson Fields Primary Community School, Goathland Road, Stenson Fields, Derbyshire,DE24 3BW
Received 20 Jul 2015Pye Bridge Sewage Treatment Works, Main Road, Pye Bridge
Received 11 Jul 2005Chesterfield Library, New Beetwell Street, Chesterfield,S40 1QN
Received 8 Mar 2018Street Lane Primary School, Street Lane, Denby, Ripley,DE5 8NE
Received 16 Jan 201425 Wood Gardens, Hayfield, Derbyshire, SK22 2HQ
Received 14 May 2026Hodthorpe Primary School, Queens Road, Worksop,S80 4UT
Received 20 Jul 2012PARKSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, BOYTHORPE AVENUE, CHESTERFIELD,S40 2NS
Received 17 Dec 2010WILSTHORPE BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE COLLEGE, DERBY ROAD, LONG EATON,NG10 4WT
Received 19 Jul 2011Donald Ward Ltd, Griffon Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 4RF
Received 11 Nov 2015New Mills School Business and Enterprise College, Church Lane, NEW MILLS,SK22 4NR
Received 9 Sept 2016Little Eaton Primary School, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton, Derby,DE21 5AB
Received 3 May 2013Kirk Ireton Primary School, Main Street, Kirk Ireton
Received 10 Jul 2007The Spinney, Woodlands, Off Lansdowne Road, Brimington
Received 10 Aug 2007Dallimore Primary School, Dallimore Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4GZ
Received 22 May 2015Newton Primary School, Hall Lane, Newton
Received 20 Oct 2006Etwall Primary School, Egginton Road, Etwall
Received 10 Oct 2007Sheepbridge Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Received 15 Mar 2013Little Eaton Primary School, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton, Derby,DE21 5AB
Received 27 Jun 2014Charlotte Nursery & Infant School, Trinity Close, Ilkeston,,DE7 8LQ
Received 23 Dec 2009Read and Turner yard, Kiln Lane, Harpur Hill Industrial Estate, Buxton
Received 18 Oct 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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