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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.
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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Brockwell Infant and Junior Schools, Purbeck Avenue, Loundsley Green,
Received 23 May 2003Holly House Special School, Church Street North, Old Whittington
Received 9 Sept 2005St James C of E (Controlled) Primary School, Chadwick Street, Glossop,SK13 8EF
Received 18 Oct 2011Hilltop Farm, Derby Road, Clay Cross, Chesterfield,S45 9AG
Received 3 Oct 2014Kirk Hallam Community Technology College, Godfrey Drive,DE7 4HH
Received 15 Jul 2009White Peak Loop, Harrison Way, A6 Darley Dale to Rowsley, Derbyshire
Received 9 Feb 2015Former Landfill Site, Morton Road, Stretton
Received 29 Sept 2003Shardlow Primary School, London Road, Shardlow,DE72 2GR
Received 17 Jul 2009Tibshelf Community School, High Street, Tibshelf
Received 22 Aug 2007Former Staveley Works, off Works Road, Hollingwood, Derbyshire
Received 18 Jan 2013Broomy Furlong Farm ,Woodville Road, Hartshorne, Swadlincote
Received 10 Sept 2008Parkwood Day Centre, Alfreton Park, Alfreton, DE55 7AL
Received 30 Apr 2021Model Village Primary School, Central Drive, Shirebrook, Derbyshire,NG20 8BQ
Received 2 Oct 2015Town End Junior School, Alfreton Road, Tibshelf,DE55 5PB
Received 6 Feb 2014Carsington & Hopton Voluntary Aided C of E Primary School, Carsington
Received 1 Aug 2008Pinxton Nursery School, Kirkstead Road, Nottingham,NG16 6NA
Received 3 Dec 2014Riddings Junior School, 15 Church Street, ALFRETON,DE55 4BW
Received 8 Jun 2018Lockwoods Group Ltd, Ripley Road, Belper,DE56 2JR
Received 21 May 2013Knowl Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Belper
Received 19 Sept 2007Stanton Primary School, Woodland Road, Stanton,DE15 9TJ
Received 11 Jan 2011LAND AT REAR OF 28 NETHERFIELD ROAD, SOMERSALL, S40 3LS
Received 21 May 2025The Getaway, Dallimore Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4GZ
Received 5 Nov 2012Former Ormiston Enterprise Academy, Bennerley Avenue, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8PF
Received 3 Sept 2020Little Eaton Primary School, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton, Derbyshire,DE21 5AB
Received 8 Dec 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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