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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wessington Primary School, The Green, Wessington,DE55 6DQ
Received 14 Feb 201413 BRACKENDALE ROAD, SWANWICK, ALFRETON, DE55 1DJ
Received 2 May 2025Matlock Sewage Treatment Works (STW), Lea Road, Matlock,DE4 5AA
Received 24 Mar 2020Land to West of New Road, Tintwistle
Received 9 Oct 2003Church Gresley Infant & Nursery School, York Road, Church Gresley
Received 3 Jun 2008Land to the east of A52, Ashbourne
Received 3 Apr 2019Tupton Youth Centre, Nethermoor Road, New Tupton
Received 4 Jun 2004Castle View Primary School, School Road, Matlock
Received 18 Feb 2008HW Martin Waste Ltd, Clover Nook Road, Alfreton, DE55 4RF
Received 25 Nov 2010Creswell Sewage Treatment Works, Frithwood Lane, Creswell,S80 4HT
Received 19 Dec 2011Darley Dale Smelter (Ecobat), Oldfield Lane, Warren Carr, Derbyshire, DE4 2LP
Received 17 Nov 2023George Farm, Denby, Derbyshire,DE5 8PP
Received 5 Nov 2010Burbage Primary School, 1 Cavendish Avenue, Buxton,SK17 9AE
Received 19 Feb 2019Harpur Hill Primary School, Trent Avenue, Buxton
Received 4 Jun 2007Clay Cross Library, Holmgate Road, Chesterfield,S45 9PH
Received 8 Mar 2013Highfield Hall Primary School, Highfield Lane, Newbold,S41 8AZ
Received 15 Apr 2019Whittington Primary School, London Street, New Whittington
Received 20 Jan 2003St John's CE Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Laund Nook, Belper,DE56 1GY
Received 11 Nov 2016Pottery Primary School, Kilburn Road, Belper.
Received 14 Sept 2005Swanwick Primary School, South Street, Swanwick
Received 26 Aug 2005Crich Junior School, School Lane, MATLOCK, DE4 5DF
Received 5 May 2009Veolia ES, Norwood Ind. Est, Ellisons Road, Killamarsh,S21 2DR
Received 2 Sept 2011off Woolley Bridge Road, Hadfield
Received 11 Jul 2005Shirland Primary School (Infant Annexe), Burnside Avenue, Shirland
Received 1 Aug 2006Records 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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