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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Belper Sewage Treatment Works, Chevin Road, Belper
Received 12 Sept 2005Glebe Junior School, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton,DE55 2JB
Received 20 Jul 2010Brassington Primary School, School Hill, Matlock,DE4 4HB
Received 25 Oct 2011Springfield Junior School, Springfield Road, Swadlincote,DE11 0BU
Received 6 Jul 2012CHERRY TREES, COMBS ROAD, COMBS, SK23 9UP
Received 8 Jul 2025New Swarkestone Quarry, Twyford Road, Barrow On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HA
Received 23 Jul 2020Padfield County Primary School, Rhodes Street, Padfield, Glossop, SK13 1EQ
Received 7 Jul 2021White Peak Loop, Station Road/Church Road, Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Received 24 Jun 2015Nestle Company Limited, Marston Lane, Hatton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE13 9LY
Received 26 Feb 2026Depot 3 Burton Road, Swadlincote,DE11 9EL
Received 5 Apr 2018Holmewood Woodlands, Holmewood
Received 14 Jun 2006Dunston Farm, Dunston Road, Chesterfield
Received 18 Jul 2007Holbrook Centre for Autism, Portway, Holbrook
Received 1 Sept 2005Heanor Industrial Estate, Slack Lane, Heanor
Received 12 Jul 2004Spinney to the south of Duffield Hall between St Ronans Avenue and A6 Town Street
Received 11 Apr 2025Firfield Primary School, Sawley Road, Breaston, Derby,DE72 3EF
Received 29 Nov 2011Model Village Primary School, Central Drive,NG20 8BQ
Received 9 Jul 2009Sandiacre Friesland Sports Centre, Nursery Avenue, Sandiacre,NG10 5AE
Received 17 Aug 2012Mary Swanwick Primary School, Church Street North,Old Whittington,Chesterfield,S41 9QW
Received 21 Jul 2010Lea Primary School, Church Street, Lea, Matlock,DE4 5JP
Received 15 Aug 2017Ashover Primary School, Narrowleys Lane, Ashover, Derbyshire, S45 0AU
Received 11 Sept 202519 Chestnut Close, Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 4HD
Received 9 Feb 2026Talbot Manor, Talbot House, Talbot Road, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7DP
Received 23 Apr 2026TM Pearson Waste Transfer Station, Whitting Valley Road, Chesterfield,S41 9EY
Received 10 Sept 2012Records 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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