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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Buxton County Infant School, Hardwick Square South, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6QB
Received 24 Mar 20252 Ferrers Way, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3GZ
Received 14 Jul 2026The Village Green, Findern, DE65 6AA
Received 12 Sept 2025Milnhay Sewage Treatment Works, Milnhay Road, Langley Mill
Received 23 Oct 2003Lowes Lane Shooting Ground, Lowes Lane, Swarkestone,DE73 1JA
Received 24 Mar 2011Social Services Day Centre, Granville Avenue, Long Eaton
Received 24 Jun 2003All Saints CE Voluntary Controlled Junior School, Hurds Hollow, Matlock,DE4 3LA
Received 15 May 2015Hands Road, Langley Mill
Received 13 Jun 2005Marsh Lane Primary School, School Lane, Marsh Lane,S21 5RS
Received 19 Oct 20124 CALESDALE CLOSE, BUXTON, SK17 9RH
Received 30 Sept 2025Larklands Infant and Nursery School, Park Road, Ilkeston
Received 7 Nov 2006Creswell C of E Infant & Nursery School, Gypsy Lane, Worksop,S80 4HY
Received 24 Aug 2010High Bank Farm, Kidd Road, Glossop
Received 15 Jan 2008Brookfield Community School & Specialist Sports College, Chatsworth Road
Received 20 Apr 2009Land at Watery Lane Scrapyard, Clifton
Received 25 Jun 2004Parkside Community Junior School, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne,DE6 1EJ
Received 7 Apr 2010Manor Farm, Longcliffe, BRASSINGTON,DE4 4HN
Received 7 Jul 2016Marston Montgomery Primary School
Received 3 Aug 2006Swanwick School & Sports College, Hayes Lane, Swanwick,DE55 1AT
Received 25 Jan 2013Railway embankment adjacent to old silverhill railway line, B6026 Newton Road
Received 30 Aug 2011Heanor Langley Infant and Nursery School, Laceyfields Road, Heanor, Derbyshire,DE75 7HJ
Received 10 Jan 2012Stanton sewage treatment works, off Woodland Road, Stanton
Received 17 Feb 2006land adjacent to Alexander House, Corbriggs
Received 10 Dec 2002St Oswalds CE Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Mayfield Road, Ashbourne,DE6 1AS
Received 14 Oct 2016Records 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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