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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Shirland Primary School, Chesterfield Road, Shirland
Received 2 Apr 2008Hillhead Quarry, Hillhead Lane, Harpur Hill, BUXTON,SK17 9QD
Received 23 May 2016Tibshelf Infant School, High Street, Tibshelf
Received 11 Jun 2004Clay Cross Library, Holmgate Road, Clay Cross,S45 9PH
Received 7 Dec 2018Temple Normanton Primary School, Elm Street, Temple Normanton
Received 26 Jul 2006TA ROSE AND CROWN, ROSE AND CROWN, MAIN ROAD, MORLEY, ILKESTON, DE7 6DG
Received 1 May 2025Buxton Community School, College Road, Buxton
Received 11 Nov 2005Mooracre Lane, Bolsover
Received 24 Nov 2006Ripley Junior School, Poplar Avenue, Ripley
Received 11 Jul 2005Palterton Primary School, Back Lane, Palterton, Chesterfield,S44 6UN
Received 21 Nov 2014Fairfield Infant & Nursery School, Bench Road, Buxton, SK17 7PQ
Received 23 Jun 2009Brockley Primary & Nursery School, Clowne Road, S44 6AF
Received 23 Jun 2009Springwell Community School, Middlecroft Road, Staveley
Received 13 Nov 2003Risley Lower Grammar C of E Controlled Primary School, Derby Road, DE72 3SU
Received 15 May 2009Tunstead Quarry, Waterswallows, Wormhill, Buxton,SK17 8TG
Received 9 Mar 2020Wirksworth Junior School, Wash Green, Wirksworth
Received 6 Mar 2008Town End Infants School, Alfreton Road, Tibshelf
Received 28 May 2004Eckington School, Dronfield Road, Eckington
Received 5 May 2006Long Eaton School, Thoresby Road, Long Eaton
Received 13 Jan 2009Kilburn Infant and Nursery School, The Flat, Kilburn,DE56 0LA
Received 18 Oct 2010Ashwood Dale Quarry, Bakewell Road, Buxton,SK17 9TB
Received 19 Mar 2015Holly House Special School, Church Street North, Old Whittington
Received 22 Aug 2003Highfields School, Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire,DE4 5NA
Received 14 Aug 2015Sawley Junior School, Wilmot Street, Long Eaton,NG10 3DQ
Received 30 Nov 2010Records 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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