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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ashgate Croft School, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield
Received 3 Dec 2008Norbriggs Primary School, Norbriggs Road, Mastin Moor, Chesterfield
Received 24 Apr 2006Grassmoor Country Park, Chesterfield,S42 5ET
Received 4 Dec 2014Scarcliffe Lane Farm, Langwith
Received 4 Jan 2006Ladycross Infant School, Victoria Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 5JD
Received 14 May 2009Thornsett Primary School, Aspenshaw Road, BIRCH VALE,SK22 1AT
Received 14 Dec 2016Glebe Junior School, Hamlet Lane
Received 7 Jan 200325 Top Road, Calow,
Received 25 Apr 2008H W Martin, Recycling Centre, 14, Clover Nook Road, South Normanton, Derbyshire, DE55 4RF
Received 13 Apr 2022Field House County Infant School, Lower Whitworth Road, ILKESTON,DE7 4LT
Received 28 Mar 201822 Risborrow Close, Etwall, Derby,DE65 6HY
Received 22 Oct 2014The Old Ironworks, Stanton Recycling Ltd, Crompton Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4BG
Received 22 Jun 2020Ryder Point Works, Ryder Point Road, Wirksworth, Derbyshire,DE4 4HE
Received 26 Oct 2009Markham Energy Park, Markham Lane, M1 Commerce Park
Received 9 May 2005Taxal & Fernilee CE Primary School, Reddish Road, Whaley Bridge, High Peak,SK23 7DL
Received 21 Sept 2010122 Sheffield Road, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8QU
Received 16 Sept 2026Willshee's Skip Hire Ltd, Cadley Hill Park, Burton Road, Swadlincote,DE11 9GE
Received 28 Nov 2019Donut Creative Arts Studios, Spring Bank Road, Chesterfield
Received 3 Mar 2009John Flamsteed Community School, Derby Road, Ripley,DE5 8NP
Received 14 Feb 2014Eckington School, Dronfield Road, Eckington
Received 19 Dec 2006Etwall Primary School, Egginton Road, Derby,DE65 6NB
Received 16 Oct 2009Belper Community Centre, Alder Road, Belper
Received 11 Sept 20078 Hallsteads, BUXTON, SK17 8BJ
Received 8 Apr 2009125c Market Street, Clay Cross, Chesterfield,S45 9LX
Received 12 May 2020Records 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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