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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Norwood Industrial Estate, Ellisons Road, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S21 2DR
Received 26 May 2026Unit 14, Dinting Vale Industrial Estate, Dinting Vale, Glossop,SK13 6LG
Received 15 Oct 2009Pinball Metals Ltd., Unit 2, Burley Close, Chesterfield, S40 2UB
Received 7 May 2021DE FERRERS COURT, TAMWORTH STREET, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4HL
Received 30 Sept 2026Chinley Primary School, Buxton Road, Chinley,SK23 6DR
Received 17 Jul 2014Eckington Family Support Centre, 88 Southgate, Eckington
Received 20 Dec 2006Field House County Infant School, Lower Whitworth Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4LT
Received 28 Aug 2015Ashbourne Hilltop School, Wyaston Road, Ashbourne,,DE6 1NB
Received 26 Nov 2009Springfield Junior School, Springfield Road, Swadlincote
Received 2 Jul 2007Brigg Infant School, South Street, South Normanton,DE55 2DA
Received 5 Jun 2017Frederick Gent School, Mansfield Road, South Normanton, Derbyshire,DE55 2ER
Received 11 May 2010Land south of A6 Bakewell Road, Buxton, Approx central grid reference: SK 07956 72466,
Received 21 Nov 2025Copthorne Community Infant School, Rodgers lane, Alfreton
Received 30 Jun 2006Park Infant and Nursery School, Orchard Close, Shirebrook
Received 21 Aug 2008Osmaston CE Primary School, Moor Lane, Osmaston, Nr Ashbourne
Received 28 Apr 2003Somerlea Park Jnr. School, Bank Street
Received 21 Jan 2003Granville Community School, Burton Road, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 7JR
Received 13 May 2009Mill Lane, Dronfield
Received 13 Nov 2002CHATSWORTH HALL, CHESTERFIELD ROAD, MATLOCK,DE4 3FW
Received 7 Jun 2011Clowne Sewage Treatment Works, Hollin Hill Road, Clowne,S43 4AX
Received 19 Dec 2011Sale & Davys C of E Controlled Primary School Twyford Road, DERBY, DE73 7HA
Received 20 Mar 2009Arkwright Primary School School Lane, CHESTERFIELD, S44 5BZ
Received 8 May 2009Hodthorpe Primary School, Queens Road, Worksop,S80 4UT
Received 8 Aug 2014Glossopdale Community College, Talbot Road, Glossop, Derbyshire,SK13 7DR
Received 26 Oct 2011Records 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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