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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Riddings Wood Caravan & Camping Park, Bullock Lane, Riddings,DE55 4BP
Received 26 Aug 2015Gables Childrens Home, Crossings Road, HIGH PEAK,SK23 9RY
Received 9 Jul 2009No. 88 Southgate, Eckington
Received 6 Nov 2009Hasland Hall Community School, Broomfield Avenue, HASLAND,S41 OLP
Received 2 Feb 2017Foxlow Tip and adjacent Land, off Staveley Lane, Staveley
Received 11 Dec 2023Riddings Junior School, Church Street, Alfreton,DE55 4BW
Received 15 Oct 2018Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School, Green Lane, Dronfield,S18 2FZ
Received 16 Jun 2014Heritage Community School, Boughton Lane, Clowne,,S43 4QG
Received 19 Apr 2010The Old Ironworks, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4BG
Received 7 Jun 2022Little Eaton Primary School, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton
Received 7 Mar 2008Eckington Library, Market Street,S21 4JG
Received 28 Sept 2009Spire Junior School, Jawbones Hill, Chesterfield
Received 16 May 2008Holly House Special School, Church Street North, Old Whittington
Received 13 Oct 2005Peak Buildings Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Buxton, Derbyshire,SK17 6DA
Received 26 Feb 2016RENISHAW PRIMARY SCHOOL, HAGUE LANE, RENISHAW,S21 3UR
Received 4 Jan 2011Lea Green Development and Conference Centre. Main Road, Lea,DE4 5GJ
Received 27 Mar 2012J & A Young (Leicester) Ltd, Berristow Lane, South Normanton,DE55 2DT
Received 23 Jul 2009Sawley Infant & Nursery School, Wilmot Street,,NG10 3DQ
Received 14 Oct 2009Willington Depot, South Derbyshire Sub-Area Office, The Castleway, Willington
Received 27 Jul 2004Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AF
Received 12 Mar 2007Dronfield Junior School, School Lane, Dronfield
Received 9 Jun 2004Elvaston Castle Country Park, Thulston,DE72 3EP
Received 25 Nov 2013Melbourne Infant School, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby,DE73 8JE
Received 20 Nov 2019Tunstead Quarry, Waterswallows, Wormhill, Buxton, SK17 8TG
Received 23 Jun 2021Records 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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