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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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off Wooley Bridge Road, Hadfield
Received 4 Aug 2004Willington Primary School, Trent Avenue, Willington,DE65 6DN
Received 9 May 2014Land south of Bishops Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire,,SK17 6UT
Received 23 Dec 2009Burbage Reservoir, Macclesfield Main Road, Buxton
Received 14 Sept 2007Cotes Park Lane, Somercotes
Received 30 Nov 2006Peak Waste Recycling Ltd, Wood Lane, Ashbourne,DE6 1JF
Received 7 Aug 2018Bank Lane, Tintwistle
Received 14 Jul 2003Land at Creswell Colliery Lagoons, Frithwood Lane, Creswell
Received 29 Nov 2021Shardlow Quarry, Shardlow
Received 10 Feb 2011Lea Primary School, Church Street, Lea, Matlock, Derbyshire,DE4 5JP
Received 4 Dec 2015The William Allitt School, Sunnyside, Swadlincote,DE11 0TL
Received 11 Jul 2014Harrington Junior School, Derby Road, Long Eaton
Received 1 Oct 2007Grinlow Cottage Hostel, Grinlow Road, Harpur Hill, Buxton,SK17 6UJ
Received 1 Jun 2020Model Village Primary School, Central Drive, Shirebrook,NG20 8BQ
Received 13 Aug 2010Simmondley Primary School, Pennine Road, Glossop,SK13 6NN
Received 28 Sept 2012Creswell Junior School, Elmton Road, Creswell
Received 9 Jan 2006Springwell Community School, Middlecroft Road, Staveley, Derbys
Received 26 May 2005Brackenfield School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton,NG10 4DA
Received 24 Apr 2020Peak School, Buxton Road, Chinley, Derbyshire,SK23 6ES
Received 18 Apr 2012Adjacent Recreation Ground, Loscoe Denby Lane, Loscoe
Received 12 Oct 2007Arkwright Opencast Colliery, Arkwright, Derbyshire,S44 5DN
Received 24 Jun 2014Wessington Primary School, The Green, Alfreton,DE55 6DQ
Received 11 Jan 2019Chaucer Infant & Nursery School, Cantelupe Road, Ilkeston,DE7 5LN
Received 30 Nov 2010Scarcliffe Lanes Farm, Langwith
Received 18 Oct 2004Records 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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