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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Holbrook Centre for Autism, Port Way, Belper, Derbyshire,DE56 0TE
Received 26 Mar 2015Hague Bar Depot , Hague Bar Road, Derbyshire, New Mills
Received 26 Oct 2011Brockwell Junior School, Purbeck Avenue, CHESTERFIELD,S40 4NP
Received 10 Apr 2017Old School Community Centre, Station Road, Barrow Hill
Received 24 Jun 2004Old Hall Junior School, Old Road, Chesterfield,S40 3QR
Received 8 Jun 2017New Whittington Community Primary School, London Street, New Whittington,S43 2AQ
Received 15 Mar 2011Norbriggs Primary School, Norbriggs Road, Mastin Moor
Received 23 Apr 2004St Oswalds C of E Controlled Infant School, Mayfield Road, Ashbourne,DE6 1AS
Received 23 Nov 2010Ashover Primary School,Narrowleys Lane,Ashover,S45 0AU
Received 29 Jun 2010Wigley Primary School, Wigley
Received 27 Aug 2003Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton,DE55 7JA
Received 13 Sept 2016Hartshorne C of E Controlled Primary School, Main Street, Swadlincote,DE11 7ES
Received 31 Jul 2009Water Lane, Wirksworth
Received 17 Oct 2008High Street, Apperknowle, Dronfield,S18 4BD
Received 14 Jul 2015Etwall Sewage Treatment Works, off Eggington Road, Etwall
Received 17 Sept 2004Old Road, Darley Dale
Received 4 Mar 2016Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School, Fairfield Crescent, Swadlincote,DE11 0TB
Received 12 Feb 2016Bolsover C of E (Controlled) Junior School, Horsehead Lane, S44 6XH
Received 9 Apr 2009Springfield County Junior School, Springfield Road, SWADLINCOTE,DE11 0BU
Received 5 Jul 2017Veolia Environmental Services Plc, Ellisons Road, Killamarsh,Derbyshire,S21 2JG
Received 29 Jun 2015WOODVALE, GADLEY LANE, BUXTON, SK17 6UY
Received 11 Mar 2026Newhall Pupil Referral Unit, Main Street, Newhall
Received 24 Jun 2003County Offices, Matlock,DE4 3AG
Received 11 Jan 2012Longmoor Primary School, Newstead Road, Long Eaton,NG10 4JG
Received 25 Jul 2019Records 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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