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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Alfreton Nursery, Grange Street, Alfreton
Received 25 May 2004Westhouses Primary School, Bolden Terrace, Alfreton, Derbyshire,DE55 5AF
Received 15 Aug 2014Ashgate Croft School, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield,S40 4BN
Received 27 Sept 2018Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton
Received 9 Oct 2008Bramley Vale Primary School , York Crescent, Doe Lea, Chesterfield
Received 15 Dec 2005Ladycross Infant School, Victoria Road, Sandiacre,NG10 5JD
Received 17 Apr 2012Park House Primary School, Rupert Street, Lower Pilsley,S45 8DB
Received 4 May 2016Dove Holes Quarry, Dale Road, Dove Holes, Buxton,SK18 4RJ
Received 17 Feb 2012Milford Sewage Pumping Station, Derby Road, Milford
Received 10 Nov 2016Gamesley Community Primary School, Grindleford Grove, Glossop,SK13 6HW
Received 9 May 2014Codnor Denby Lane, Denby Village
Received 24 May 2005Stenson Fields Primary Community School, Goathland Road,Stenson Fields
Received 18 Nov 2008LAND AT CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH GOLF CLUB (AREA A6), MANCHESTER ROAD, CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, SK23 9UH
Received 20 May 2026Tunstead Quarry, Waterswallows Road, Tunstead, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8TG
Received 27 Nov 2024The Delves School, Hayes Lane, Swanwick, Alfreton
Received 29 Jun 2005Derwent Valley Heritage Way, Bakewell Road to Snitterton Road, Matlock
Received 17 Aug 2012Creswell C of E Infant & Nursery School, Gypsy Lane, Worksop,S80 4HY
Received 15 Sept 2009Whittington Engineering Complex, Bay 10, South Street North, New Whittington, Chesterfield,S43 2BP
Received 27 May 2020Buxton Junior School, Mosley Road, Buxton,SK17 9DR
Received 7 Jun 2013Harpur Hill Primary School, Trent Avenue, Buxton
Received 24 Mar 2003North Lodge, Flower Lillies, Windley Lane, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2LQ
Received 30 Sept 2025U & V Unit, Robian way, Swadlincote Derbyshire,DE11 9DH
Received 5 May 2010Land at Mansfield Road, Temple Normanton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 2015Risley Lower Grammar School, Derby Road, Risley
Received 23 Jan 2008Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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