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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Harpur Hill Primary School, Trent Avenue, Buxton
Received 18 Oct 2007former Bolsover CE Junior School, Castle Street, Bolsover
Received 6 Sept 2006South Normanton Nursery, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton
Received 16 Jan 2007Brookside Road to Lime Lane, Breadsall
Received 1 Jul 2013Brailsford C of E Controlled Primary School Main Road, Brailsford
Received 20 Nov 2008Willington Quarry, Castleway Lane, Egginton,DE65 6BW
Received 3 Jun 2020Hillstown Business Park, Mansfield Road, Bolsover
Received 25 Mar 2004HOLLYWOOD COTTAGE, NEWTON ROAD, NEWTON SOLNEY, BURTON ON TRENT, DE15 0ST
Received 27 Aug 20257 HONEYCROFT COURT, BROADMEADOWS, PINXTON, DE55 3AF
Received 21 Oct 2025Manchester Road, Tunstead Milton
Received 18 Mar 2010THE LONG EATON SCHOOL, THORESBY ROAD, LONG EATON,NG10 3NP
Received 17 Dec 2010Hunloke Park Primary School, Lodge Drive, Wingerworth
Received 10 Oct 2006Model Village Primary School, Central Drive, Shirebrook, Derbyshire NG20 8BQ
Received 18 Sept 2006Gamesley Youth and Community Centre, Melandra Castle Road, Glossop
Received 2 May 2003Glossopdale Community College, Newshaw Lane, Hadfield, Glossop
Received 3 Jun 2008Veolia Norwood Waste Treatment Plant, Killamarsh
Received 19 May 2008Duke of Norfolk Church of England Primary School, Royle Avenue, Glossop,SK13 7RD
Received 26 Jul 2019off the A57, Woolley Bridge
Received 4 Nov 2004Hulland CE Primary School, Firs Avenue, Hulland Ward, Ashbourne, Derbyshire,DE6 3FS
Received 5 May 2010Land off Heathfield Nook Road, Harpur Hill, Buxton
Received 22 Feb 2012Black Rocks Visitor Centre, Black Rocks Picnic Site, Steeple Grange, Wirksworth
Received 14 Sept 2007RINGWOOD CENTRE, VICTORIA STREET, BRIMINGTON,S43 1HY
Received 4 Jan 2011New Mills Adult Education Centre, Springbank Road, New Mills
Received 2 Aug 200727 OAKLANDS ROAD, ETWALL, DERBY, DE65 6JD
Received 10 Aug 2026Records 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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