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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Green Infant School, New Street, South Normanton, Alfreton,DE55 2BS
Received 25 Jan 2013Seymour Colliery , Woodthorpe
Received 18 Apr 2017Station Road, Hayfield
Received 26 Jul 2005Little Eaton Branch Line Greenway from the village of Little Eaton (south) to the village of Rawson Green (north). Part of the Key Cycle Network
Received 16 Jul 202611 NORFOLK CLOSE, WALTON, S42 7NJ
Received 30 Sept 2025Lea Green Development & Conference Centre, Main Road, Matlock,DE4 5GJ
Received 3 Jan 2012Brockley Primary School, Clowne Road, Shuttlewood
Received 26 Mar 2008Glebe Junior School, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton
Received 22 Mar 2005Buxton Community School, College Road, Buxton
Received 21 Jun 2004Shirebrook Community School , Common Lane, Shirebrook
Received 19 May 2008Walton on Trent CEVC Primary School, Coton Road, Walton-on-Trent,DE12 8NL
Received 16 Nov 2012Shirebrook School, Common Lane, Shirebrook, Mansfield,NG20 8QF
Received 26 Nov 2012H W Martin Waste Ltd, Newhall Recycling Centre, Main Street, Swadlincote,DE11 0TP
Received 27 Jun 2013Ironville & Codnor Park Primary School, Victoria Street, Ironville,NG16 5NB
Received 17 Aug 2010Highfields School, Upper Lumsdale, Matlock,DE4 5NA
Received 11 Oct 2013Newlands Road, Riddings,DE55
Received 23 Sept 2010Land Between Peveril House and Oak Dene, Mansfield Road, DOE LEA,S44 5QL
Received 9 May 2016Swanwick Hall School, Derby Road, Swanwick,DE55 1AE
Received 24 Oct 2014Newton Solney CE(A) Infant School, Trent Lane, Newton Solney
Received 23 Apr 2003Arkwright Colliery, Deepsick Lane, Arkwright
Received 20 Jan 2004Copthorne Community Infant School, Rodgers Lane, Alfreton,DE55 7FF
Received 7 Jul 2014Brookfield Community School, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield
Received 7 Nov 2007Brockwell Junior School, Purbeck Avenue, Loundsley Green, Chesterfield
Received 12 Apr 2005Cheap Skips Ltd, Ambergate Sawmill, Ripley Road, BELPER, DE56 2EP
Received 24 Jul 2009Records 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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