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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Shirebrook Community School, Common Lane, Shirebrook,NG20 8QF
Received 3 Feb 2010Brimington Junior School, Springvale Road, Brimington
Received 16 May 2007Aldercar Community Language College, Daltons Close, Langley Mill, Heanor,NG16 4HL
Received 17 Jan 2018Newbold Community School, Highfield Lane, Chesterfield,S41 8BA
Received 30 Nov 2010Coppice Primary School, Roper Avenue, Marlpool, Heanor
Received 28 Jun 2007Adjacent 1, Quarry Road, Somercotes, Alfreton,DE55 4HY
Received 7 Nov 2019Brailsford CE Primary School, Main Road, Brailsford
Received 15 Jan 2004New Mills Primary School, Meadow Street, New Mills,SK22 4AY
Received 5 Jan 2018Longmoor Primary School, Newstead Road, Long Eaton,NG10 4JG
Received 17 Dec 2018The Old Ironworks, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 4BG
Received 5 Mar 2015land off Fordbridge Lane
Received 8 Jan 2003Melbourne Sewage Treatment Works, Off Blackwell Lane, Melbourne,,DE73 8EL
Received 14 Dec 2009Erin Landfill Site, Markham Lane, Duckmanton, Derbyshire, S44 5HS
Received 18 Mar 2025Birch Vale Quarry, Oven Hill Road, Birch Vale, New Mills, Derbyshire,,SK22 1BY
Received 12 Jan 2010Waste Recycling Centre, Griffon Road, Quarry Hill Industrial Estate, Ilkeston
Received 8 Dec 2006adjacent 4 Western Avenue, Swanwick
Received 12 Oct 2007Hunloke Park Primary School, Lodge Drive, Wingerworth, Derbyshire,S42 6PT
Received 20 May 20108 Hallsteads, Dove Holes,SK17 8BJ
Received 28 Sept 2009Loscoe Primary School, Church Veiw, off Flamstead Avenue, Loscoe
Received 25 Apr 2007Land adjacent to western boundary of The Avenue remediation site, Wingerworth
Received 1 May 2014St John the Baptist Church, St John's Road, Matlock Bath , DE4 3PQ
Received 11 Aug 2026Dunston Primary School, Dunston Lane, Chesterfield
Received 27 Nov 2007Grove Farm Landfill Site, Lows Lane, Stanton by Dale
Received 8 Jul 2005Morley Primary School, Main Road, Morley
Received 18 Sept 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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