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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bolsover Junior School, Castle Street, Bolsover
Received 17 Aug 2006Dale Road, Darley Dale, Matlock
Received 29 Apr 2005Victory Quarry, Field Farm, Batham Gate Road, Buxton,SK17 7HS
Received 20 Dec 2013Whitwell Sewage Treatment Works, Millash Lane, Bolsover, Hodthorpe, S80 4XW
Received 18 Mar 2025Waterswallows Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC), Waterswallows Industrial Estate, Waterswallows Road, Fairfield, SK17 7JR
Received 28 Jan 2026Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School, Fairfield Crescent Swadlincote,DE11 0TB
Received 17 Sept 2009Victory Quarry, Field Farm, Batham Gate Road, Fairfield, Buxton,SK17 7HS
Received 21 Aug 2017Arden Quarry, Birch Vale, New Mills,SK22 1BY
Received 26 Nov 2015Cavendish Junior School, Edmund Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S41 8TD
Received 24 Apr 2015Swanwick Hall School, Swanwick Hill, Swanwick, Alfreton,DE55 1AE
Received 25 Jan 2012Kilburn Infants School, The Flat, Belper,DE56 0LA
Received 3 Jul 2018Aldercar Infants School, Godkin Drive, Langley Mill
Received 3 Apr 2008173 Derby Road, Long Eaton,NG10 4LL
Received 16 Aug 2019Shirebrook Community Education Centre, Langwith Road, Shirebrook
Received 23 Oct 20037 Sir Josephs Lane, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, DE4 2GY
Received 22 Jan 2026Ripley Nursery School, Sandham Lane, Ripley,DE5 3HE
Received 8 Oct 2018Ralph Road, Staveley
Received 4 Dec 2006City House, 20 Station Road, Clowne, Chesterfield,S43 4PE
Received 24 Sept 2018Land North East Of Crompton Road Junction, Donald Ward Ltd, Hallam Fields Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4AZ
Received 5 Feb 2020former Silkolene Factory, Derby Road, Belper
Received 26 Apr 2004Johnsons Recycling Centre, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, DE7 4BG
Received 29 Jul 2021adjacent 1a Gladstone Street, Langley Mill
Received 12 Oct 2007Materials Recycling Facility, Broombank Park, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield
Received 14 May 2008Erin Landfill Site, Markham Lane, Duckmanton
Received 21 May 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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