Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Johns C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Dannah Street, Ripley
Received 12 Oct 2012New Mills Primary School, Meadow Street, New Mills
Received 26 Aug 2005Derbyshire County Council, Ripley Road, Ambergate,DE56 2ER
Received 15 Mar 2011County Hall, Smedley Street, Matlock,DE4 3AG
Received 3 Apr 2020Ripley Library, 17 Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire,DE5 3JE
Received 3 Jan 201258 MONUMENT LANE, CODNOR PARK, IRONVILLE, NG16 5PJ
Received 23 Sept 2025Pottery Primary School, Kilbourne Road, Belper,DE56 1HA
Received 17 Oct 2019Blackwell SPS Gloves Lane, Blackwell, Derbyshire,DE55 5LW
Received 26 Aug 2014Hunloke Park Primary School, Lodge Drive, Wingerworth,S42 6PT
Received 3 May 2013Langley Mill Junior School, Bailey Brook Crescent, Langley Mill
Received 14 Jun 2007Land to the east of Barton Road, Long Eaton, NG10 2GN
Received 19 Oct 2023Sawley Infant & Nursery School, Wilmot Street, Long Eaton,NG10 3DQ
Received 13 Aug 2009Former Biwaters Site, Market Street, Clay Cross
Received 29 Aug 2008Ashbourne Primary School, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne,DE6 1EJ
Received 30 Jan 2018Woodville Infant School, High Street, Woodville
Received 12 Apr 2006Chaucer Infant School, Cantelupe Road, Ilkeston
Received 12 Dec 2005The Park Junior School, Orchard Close, Shirebrook
Received 23 Oct 2003Langley Mill CE Infant School, Sedgwick Street, Langley Mill
Received 15 Feb 2005Manor Farm, Longcliffe, Brassington, Derbyshire,DE4 4HN
Received 28 May 2010Morton Primary School, Main Road, Morton, Derbyshire,DE55 6HH
Received 24 Jul 2015Magnet Business Park, High Hazels Road, Barlborough,S43 4UZ
Received 11 Dec 2015Watford Bridge Industrial Estate, Watford Bridge Road, New Mills, Derbyshire,SK22 4HJ
Received 13 May 2015Stanton Vale School, Thoresby Road, Long Eaton,NG10 3NP
Received 28 Mar 2018Swanwick Sewage Treatment Works, Derby Road, Swanwick, Derbyshire, DE55 1AH
Received 7 Oct 2024Records 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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