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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Howitt Primary Community School, Holmes Street, Heanor,DE75 7FS
Received 31 May 2013Poulter Country Park, Langwith
Received 9 Jul 2015Corfield CE Infant School, Thorpes Road, Common Side, Heanor
Received 27 Aug 2003Etwall Primary School, Egginton Road, Derby, DE65 6NB
Received 22 Feb 2022Trent Farm extension to Attenborough Pit
Received 6 Mar 2007Bolsover Moor Quarry, Whaley Road, Bolsover,S44 6XE
Received 21 Oct 201124 WOOD LANE, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE, ILKESTON, DE7 6BN
Received 23 Aug 2025Land adjacent to Wood Lane, Buckland Hollow
Received 10 Aug 2004Fairfield Infants School, Bench Road, Fairfield, Buxton
Received 20 May 2005Donald Ward Ltd, Griffon Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 4RF
Received 19 May 2015DCC Property Division Business Unit, Albert Street North, Chesterfield
Received 20 Aug 2004Hady Primary School, Hady Lane, Chesterfield,,S41 0DF
Received 25 Jan 2010Spire Infant & Nursery School, Derby Road, Chesterfield, S40 2EU
Received 22 Jun 2009land off Derby Road, Brailsford
Received 5 Aug 2004High Bank Cottage, Hague Street, Glossop
Received 12 Jul 2006Lea Green Development & Conference Centre, Main Road, Matlock,DE4 5GJ
Received 26 Apr 2013Shirebrook Community School, Common Lane, Shirebrook
Received 6 Nov 2007Willington Primary School, Trent Avenue, Willington
Received 3 Aug 2005High Peak Area Social Service Office, Talbot Street, Glossop, Derbyshire,SK13 7DG
Received 21 Dec 2012Ashgate Croft School, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S40 4BN
Received 28 Aug 2015Cromford Church Of England Primary School, North Street, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RG
Received 11 Jun 2026Caldic (UK) Ltd, Stainsby Close, Holmewood, Chesterfield,S42 5UG
Received 25 Oct 2013the Bolsover School, Mooracre Lane, Bolsover
Received 25 Mar 2009Ripley Nursery School, Sandham Lane, Ripley, Derbyshire,DE5 3HE
Received 8 Dec 2014Records 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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