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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.
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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Dallimore Primary School, Dallimore Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 4GZ
Received 27 Jun 2013Langley Mill C of E (Controlled) Infant School, Sedgwick Street, Langley Mill
Received 1 Sept 2008Cromford CE Primary School North Street, Cromford,DE4 3RG
Received 11 Jun 2015Killamarsh Youth Centre, Sheffield Road, Killamarsh
Received 12 Oct 2006Brooklands Primary School, St John's Street, Long Eaton
Received 22 Nov 2007Alfreton Park Community Special School, Alfreton Park, Alfreton,DE55 7AL
Received 11 Nov 2014Alfreton MRF, Cotes Park Lane, Alfreton,DE55 4NJ
Received 5 Oct 2017Brookfield Community School & Specialist Sports College, Chesterfield,S40 3NS
Received 18 Oct 2010Heanor Gate Science College, Kirkley Drive, Heanor, Derbyshire,DE75 7RA
Received 25 May 2010WOODTHORPE HALL FARM, ASHOVER ROAD, OLD TUPTON, S42 6HJ
Received 23 Jun 2026Somercotes Infant School, Nottingham Road, Somercotes
Received 14 Aug 2007Armytage Industrial Estate, Station Road, Old Whittington,S41 9ET
Received 29 Jan 2019Darley Dale Primary School, Greenaway Lane, Matlock,DE4 2QB
Received 10 Jul 2013The Old Vicorage, Mount Pleasant, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3DX
Received 30 Sept 2025Mill Hill School, Peasehill Road, Ripley
Received 8 May 2007Pye Bridge Sewage Treatment Works, Main Road, Pye Bridge, Somercotes, DE55 4NZ
Received 14 May 202416 SYCAMORE CLOSE, BUXTON, SK17 6FB
Received 8 May 2025Unit 14, Dinting Vale, Glossop, SK13 6LG
Received 20 Apr 2009139 Whitestones, Manchester Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith,SK23 9TW
Received 20 Dec 2011North Wingfield Junior School, Chesterfield Road, North Wingfield
Received 4 May 2007Woodland at Pooles Cavern, off Green Lane, Buxton, SK17 9DH.
Received 12 Aug 2026Pye Bridge Generation Site, Pye Bridge Industrial Estate, Somercotes, Alfreton,DE55 4NX
Received 23 Feb 2010Newhall Depot, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0TJ
Received 9 Oct 2023125c Market Street, Clay Cross
Received 24 May 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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