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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
MAPPERLEY C OF E VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL, LODGE ROW, ILKESTON,DE7 6BT
Received 29 Mar 2011Whitwell Primary School, Southfield Lane, Whitwell
Received 27 Sept 2004Mill Green Lane, Staveley
Received 2 Dec 2003Fourways, Ford Lane, BREADSALL,DE21 5DA
Received 11 Apr 2016Whitworth Hospital Specialist Care, 330 Bakewell Road, Matlock,DE4 2JD
Received 10 Apr 2014Land East of Oaklands Farm, Walton on Trent
Received 23 Oct 2003The Green Infant School, New Street, South Normanton, Derbyshire,DE55 2BS
Received 30 Jul 2013Community Living Project, 19 Salisbury Drive, Midway, Swadlincote
Received 7 Mar 2008Willington Primary School, Trent Avenue, Willington
Received 21 Sept 2004Parkside Community Junior School, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne, Derbyshire,DE6 1EJ
Received 11 May 2015Shand House, Dale Road South, Matlock,DE4 3RY
Received 20 Jun 2012Brown Edge Road, Buxton
Received 19 May 2010Matlock Sewage Treatment Works, Lea Road, Lea Bridge
Received 4 Oct 2006Elvaston Castle Country Park, Elvaston, Derbyshire,DE72 3EP
Received 21 Nov 2012Westfield Infant School, Vincent Crescent, Chesterfield,S40 3NW
Received 8 Feb 2011Buxton Community School, College Road, Buxton
Received 24 Jul 2003Scargill C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School, Beech Lane, West Hallam,DE7 6GU
Received 7 Dec 2010Risley Lower Grammar C of E Controlled Primary School, Derby Road, Risley,DE72 3SU
Received 15 Jun 2010Marston Montgomery Primary School
Received 18 Jun 2007Riddings Junior School, Church Street, Alfreton,DE55 4BW
Received 4 Oct 2018Eureka Primary School, Dunsmore Way, Midway, Swadlincote,DE11 7LA
Received 16 Oct 2015Stubbin Wood School, Burlington Avenue, Langwith Junction
Received 3 Aug 2005Cornmill Bridge, Off Sheffield Road
Received 19 Jan 2003Crich Carr CE Primary School, Main Road, Whatstandwell
Received 29 Jun 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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