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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Batley Lane, Pleasley
Received 9 Nov 2010Overfields Barn, Pasture Lane, Brassington
Received 14 Mar 2013Goyt Valley House, Jubilee Street, New Mills
Received 5 Oct 2006Riddings Infant & Nursery School, West Street, Riddings, Alfreton,DE55 4EW
Received 9 Nov 2012Ryder Point Works, Wirksworth, Matlock
Received 21 Mar 2005Dronfield Wastewater Treatment Works, Dronfield
Received 3 Aug 2023PARKSIDE RIDING STABLES, WINGFIELD ROAD, ALFRETON, DE55 7AP
Received 29 Apr 2026The Croft, Slack Lane, Ripley
Received 13 Oct 2006Brackenfield School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, NG10 4DA
Received 6 Oct 2023New Whittington Community Infant School, Handley Road, Chesterfield,,S43 2EP
Received 26 Nov 2009Bennerley Fields School, Stratford Street, Ilkeston
Received 3 Dec 2008Fridge Disposal Plant, Newbridge Lane, Chesterfield
Received 13 May 2003Chesterfield Road, Huthwaite and Gloves Lane, Westhouses
Received 1 Sept 2006Dunston Primary School, Dunston Lane, Chesterfield
Received 7 Nov 2007Willington Highway Depot, Castleway Lane, Willington
Received 18 Mar 2003Johnsons Recycling Centre, Crompton Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4BG
Received 8 Aug 2019The Former Oxcroft Colliery Tip, Mill Lane, Stanfree,S44 6AG
Received 29 Nov 20171st Floor Old Vicarage, 21 Coasthill, Crich, Matlock,DE4 5DS
Received 24 Mar 2010Renishaw Colliery
Received 6 May 2003Elvaston Quarry, Bellington Hill, Elvaston, Derby, DE72 3FF
Received 30 Jun 2025A P C Industrial Services Ltd, Bailey House, Bailey Drive, Killamarsh,S21 2JF
Received 12 Nov 2012Norbury C of E Primary School, 2 Lid Lane, Roston,DE6 2EG
Received 24 Apr 2019Brackenfield Special School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton, NG10 4DA
Received 25 Jan 2021Little Eaton Primary School, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton,DE215AB
Received 17 Apr 2015Records 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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