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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hasland Infant School, Eyre Street East, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Received 5 Apr 2013Former Great Northern Railway Line, Breadsall
Received 1 Sept 2008Highfields School, Upper Lumsdale, Matlock,DE4 5NA
Received 8 Mar 2011ST HELENS CHURCHYARD, CHURCH ROAD, CHURCHTOWN, DARLEY DALE, DE4 2GL
Received 17 Apr 2026Cromford CE [C] Primary School, North Street, Cromford
Received 26 Oct 2005Crich Carr CE [C] Primary School, Hindersitch Lane, Whatstandwell
Received 7 Jan 2008Unit 35 M1 Commerce Park, Markham Lane, Markham Vale, CHESTERFIELD,S44 5HS
Received 22 Jun 2016Newmills Library, Hall Street, New Mills, High Peak
Received 9 Aug 2006Stanton Sewage Works, Woodland Road, Stanton, Derbyshire,DE15 9TN
Received 27 Jun 2012Crich Carr Cof E Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Hindersitch Lane,DE4 5EF
Received 8 Dec 2009Shipley Visitor Centre, Off Slack Lane, Heanor,DE75 7GX
Received 21 Sept 2012Land off Bridge Street, Clay Cross,S45 9NY
Received 3 Jan 2020Ball Eye Quarry, Via Gelia, Cromford
Received 9 Feb 1993Woodville C of E Junior School, High Street, Swadlincote,DE11 7EA
Received 20 Sept 2013Peter Webster Centre, Sheffield Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield
Received 24 Nov 2005Alkane Energy Uk Ltd, Whitwell Energy Park, Southfield Lane, Whitwell,S80 3LH
Received 10 Apr 2013Corfield Infant School, Thorpes Road, Commonside, Heanor
Received 20 Feb 2004Cromford Mill, Mill Road, Cromford, DE4 3RQ
Received 24 Oct 2025Matlock Sewage Treatment Works, Lea Road, Lea Bridge, Derbyshire, DE4 5AE
Received 2 Dec 2025South Normanton Sewage Treatment Works, High View Road, Alfreton
Received 15 Apr 2008Breadsall Suport Centre, Brookside Road, Breadsall
Received 1 Nov 2006Ashover Primary School, Narrowleys Lane, Ashover, Derbyshire, , S45 0AU,S45 0AU
Received 6 Nov 2015Donald Ward Limited, Quarry Hill Industrial Estate, Ilkeston,DE7 4AZ
Received 31 Aug 2018The William Allitt School, Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 6 Oct 2004Records 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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