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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lodge House Opencast Coal Site, Bell Lane, Smalley
Received 13 May 2003Overfields Quarry, Pasture Lane, Brassington, Derbyshire, DE4 4QA
Received 13 Mar 2025Holly House School, Church Street North, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, S41 9QR
Received 27 Feb 2007Clowne Junior School , King Street, Clowne
Received 16 May 200849 YOKECLIFFE CRESCENT, WIRKSWORTH, DE4 4ER
Received 21 Oct 2025Brassington Primary School, School Hill, Brassington
Received 9 Mar 2006Hasland Hall Community School, Broomfield Avenue,Chesterfield
Received 29 Jul 2008Lullington Crossroads Traveler Site
Received 18 Nov 2004Waterswallows Household Waste Recycling Centre, Waterswallows Industrial Estate, Waterswallows Road, Buxton, SK17 7JR
Received 13 May 2021Birdholme Childrens Centre and Birdholme School, Church Street South, Chesterfie
Received 6 Jun 2006Aldercar Community School, Daltons Close, Langley Mill
Received 26 Apr 2004Heage Primary School, School Lane, Heage, Belper,DE56 2AL
Received 3 Nov 2017Simpkin Car Spares, Clifton Avenue, Long Eaton,NG10 2GA
Received 13 Sept 2011Clowne Infant & Nursery School, Ringer Lane, Clowne,S43 4DB
Received 3 May 2013Brockley Primary & Nursery School, Clowne Road, CHESTERFIELD,S44 6AF
Received 22 Jul 2009Willsthorpe Community School, Derby Road, Long Eaton
Received 2 Jul 2004Street Lane Primary School, Street Lane, Denby, Ripley,DE5 8NE
Received 5 Aug 2013Charlotte Nursery & Infant School, Trinity Close, ILKESTON,DE7 8LQ
Received 11 Aug 2009Barrow Hill PRU, Station Road, Barrow Hill
Received 30 Oct 2007Mapperley C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Lodge Row, ILKESTON, DE7 6B
Received 27 Jan 2009The Old Ironworks, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4BG
Received 12 Sept 2024Hindlow Quarry, Sterndale Moor, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9QD
Received 9 Jun 2021Land at Grange Close, Clover Nook Industrial Estate, Derbyshire
Received 6 Sept 2012Long Row Primary School, Belper
Received 27 Feb 2008Records 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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