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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Morton Primary School, Main Road, Morton
Received 18 Sept 2007Sewage Pumping Station, Nottingham Lane, Ironville
Received 27 Jul 2012Old Pit Baths, Pit Hill, Langwith, Mansfield
Received 20 May 2011Land on south side of A609 Church Lane, Horsley Woodhouse , Ilkeston, DE7 6BB
Received 8 Oct 2025Sandiacre Childrens Centre, Victoria Road, Sandiacre,NJ10 5JD
Received 26 Oct 2011POOLES CAVERN, GREEN LANE, BUXTON, SK17 9DH
Received 9 Oct 2025Donald Ward Ltd, Griffon Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 4RF
Received 4 Aug 2015Heath Primary School, Heath Road, Heath
Received 3 Mar 2004Cromford C of E Primary School, North Street, Cromford,Matlock,DE4 3RG
Received 24 Jan 2014Land at Bullock Lane, Riddings, Derbyshire,DE55 4BP
Received 28 Dec 2011South Darley C of E Controlled Primary School, Cross Green, DE4 2JT
Received 11 Jun 2009Langley Mill C of E (Controlled) Infant School, Sedgwick Street,NG16 4DT
Received 9 Jul 2009William and Mary Howitt Schools, Holmes Street, Heanor
Received 1 Jul 2005Stanley Common CE Primary School, Belper Road, Stanley Common
Received 21 Aug 2008Kilburn Infant and Nursery School, The Flat, BELPER,DE56 0LA
Received 8 Jan 2018Highfields School, Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire,DE4 5NA
Received 13 Dec 2019Field House Infants School, Lower Whitworth Road, Ilkeston
Received 31 Oct 2007Land south of Old Swanwick Colliery Road, Swanwick, Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 2015Charnos Family Support Centre, Lower Whitworth Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4LT
Received 29 Apr 2010LEYS JUNIOR SCHOOL, FLOWERY LEYS LANE, ALFRETON,DE55 7HA
Received 19 Oct 2010Calow Green Farm, Calow
Received 7 Apr 2003Elvaston Quarry/Landfill Site
Received 6 Feb 2003Hallsteads, Dove Holes,SK17 8BJ
Received 3 Aug 2010Land on east side of Rose Cottage , Mansfield Road, Heath , S44 5SE
Received 2 Feb 2026Records 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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