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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North of Dronfield Railway Station Chesterfield Road, Dronfield
Received 4 Apr 2017Heritage Community School, Boughton Lane, Clowne
Received 8 Oct 2004Ripley Nursery School, Sandham Lane, Ripley
Received 19 Sept 2007125C Market Street, Clay Cross, Derbyshire
Received 18 Feb 2004All Saints C of E Junior School, Hurds Hollow, Matlock
Received 7 Mar 2008The Former Avenue Coking Works, Derby Road, Wingerworth
Received 25 May 2007Woodville Infants School, High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote,DE11 7EA
Received 20 Dec 2016Little Hay Grange, Far Lane, Ockbrook
Received 14 Feb 2005Brookfield Community School, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield
Received 7 Nov 2003Griffin Close, Staveley
Received 12 Jul 2005Erin Landfill Site, Markham Lane, Duckmanton, Chesterfield,S44 5HS
Received 7 Feb 2011Wessington Primary School, The Green, Wessington
Received 7 Jul 2003Alfreton Sewage Treatment Works, Park Lane, Alfreton, Derbyshire
Received 24 Jun 2015Sure Start Day Nursery, DCC Depot, High Street, Clay Cross
Received 8 Nov 2004Bungalows 1 & 2 Holmlea Residential Care Home, Waverley Street, Tibshelf
Received 8 Mar 2006Efficiency Works, Burley Close, Turnoaks Park, Storforth Lane, Chesterfield
Received 4 Jun 2003Duckmanton Primary School, West Crescent, Duckmanton, Chesterfield
Received 10 Oct 2008124 Briar Gate, Long Eaton
Received 18 Nov 2008Kirk Ireton CE ( C ) Primary School, Main Street, Kirk ireton
Received 26 Jul 2007Overseal Primary, Woodville Road, Overseal, Swadlincote,DE12 6LU
Received 19 Jun 2020Willington Quarry,DE65 6BW
Received 14 Mar 2011Norbriggs Primary School, Norbriggs Road, Woodthorpe, Derbyshire, S43 3BW
Received 1 Mar 2024Glossopdale School, Newshaw Lane, Hadfield, Glossop,SK13 2DA
Received 20 Apr 2020134 Derby Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 5FB
Received 16 Jul 2014Records 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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