Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Coalite Smokeless Fuels Works, Buttermilk Lane
Received 15 Feb 2002St Mary's Road, Glossop
Received 14 Jul 2003Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, The Green Road, Ashbourne
Received 3 Jun 2008Hunloke Park Primary School, Lodge Drive, Wingerworth
Received 23 Jan 2008Etwall Library,Eggington Road, Etwall
Received 31 Mar 20059 Brackendale Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 1DJ
Received 28 Aug 2026Land off Dark Lane, Calow, Chesterfield
Received 14 Aug 20133 Cedar Avenue, Ripley
Received 10 May 2004Bolsover Library, Church Street, Bolsover
Received 2 Aug 2007New Whittington Primary School, Handley Road, New Whittington, Chesterfield
Received 21 Dec 2007Norbriggs Primary School, Norbriggs Road, Chesterfield,S43 3BW
Received 7 Mar 2014Dowlow Quarry, Sterndale Moor, Buxton,SK17 9QF
Received 23 Oct 2017Phoenix, Crowstones Road, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, DE4 2GU
Received 1 Dec 2025Land at Sharley park, Clay Cross
Received 1 Aug 2008Pye Bridge Sewage Treatment Works
Received 30 Jul 2004Swanwick Hall School, Derby Road, Swanwick
Received 10 Aug 2007Former Whitwell Colliery Site, Southfields Lane
Received 23 Dec 2002Aldercar Community Language College, Daltons Close, Langley Mill
Received 28 Aug 2008Wirksworth C of E Controlled Infant School, North End, Wirksworth,DE4 4FG
Received 19 Oct 2012Cottage Lane/Glossop Road Gamesley
Received 13 Sept 2007COUNTY OFFICES, MATLOCK,DE4 3AG
Received 14 Jun 2011Ilkeston School, King George Avenue, Ilkeston,DE7 5HS
Received 18 Sept 2009Swanwick Hall School, Derby Road, Swanwick
Received 1 Aug 2008Ripley Sewage Treatment Works
Received 22 Feb 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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