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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Little Eaton Primary School, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton
Received 26 Sept 2003Erin Landfill Site, Markham Lane, Duckmanton
Received 25 Oct 2007Former Drakelow C Power Station, Walton Road, Drakelow
Received 29 Apr 2020Brockwell Nursery & Infant School Purbeck Avenue, CHESTERFIELD, Derbyshire
Received 18 Mar 2009Leashaw Wood, Leashaw, Holloway, Matlock
Received 13 Mar 2026Creswell Junior School, Elmton Road, Creswell,S80 4JD
Received 21 Mar 2017Buxton Community School, College Road, Buxton,SK17 9EA
Received 28 Sept 2010High Street West, Glossop
Received 27 Apr 2004Springfield County Junior School, Springfield Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,DE11 0BU
Received 7 Aug 2015St James C of E (Controlled) Primary School,Chadwick Street, Glossop
Received 29 Jun 2010Fairfield Infant School, Bench Road, Buxton
Received 19 Feb 2008Swanwick Hall School, Derby Road, Swanwick, Alfreton.,DE55 1AE
Received 29 Jun 2011Brigg Infant School, South Street, South Normanton
Received 16 Apr 2003Unit 2 Uttoxeter Road, Foston and Scropton,DE65 5PX
Received 10 Nov 2010New Mills School, Church Lane, New Mills
Received 1 Mar 2006LANGLEY MILL C OF E (CONTROLLED) INFANT SCHOOL, SEDGWICK STREET, NOTTINGHAM,NG16 4DT
Received 26 Jul 2011Griffon Road, Quarry Hill Industrial Estate, Ilkeston
Received 27 Jan 2005Aldercar Infant and Nursery School, Godkin Drive, Langley Mill.
Received 18 Mar 2016Stonebroom Primary School, High Street, Stonebroom
Received 26 Jul 2006Pottery Primary School, Kilbourne Road, Belper, Derbyshire,DE56 1HA
Received 3 Nov 2014Castle Waste Services Limited, Castle Environmental Ltd, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4BG
Received 23 Jul 20206 WOODLAND WAY, OLD TUPTON, S42 6JA
Received 11 Aug 2026THE GREYHOUND, MAIN ROAD, HIGHAM, DE55 6EF
Received 24 Jul 2025124 Briar Gate, Long Eaton
Received 6 Feb 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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