Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stonelow Junior School, Stonelow Road, DRONFIELD, S18 2EP
Received 15 Apr 2009Tunstead Quarry, Buxton
Received 30 Sept 2013New Mills School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, High Peak,SK22 4NR
Received 10 Jul 2012Dene Quarry, The Hill, Matlock,DE4 3QS
Received 10 Oct 2011Derbyshire County Council Clay Cross Depot, High Street, Clay Cross
Received 24 Jun 2004St Josephs Catholic & C of E VA Primary School, Calver Crescent, Staveley,S43 3LY
Received 18 Apr 2012Wirksworth CE C Infant School, North End, Wirksworth
Received 14 Jun 2006Ambergate Sawmill, Ripley Road, Ambergate
Received 12 Aug 2005Ashe Hall, Ash Lane, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6HT
Received 9 Jul 2026Long Row Primary School, Long Row, Belper
Received 26 Aug 2004Poulter Country Park, Langwith
Received 14 Nov 2014Rotherham Road, Bolsover Moor, Bolsover
Received 26 Sept 2005Dene Quarry
Received 4 Dec 2002Wheeldon Mill Plantation, Station Road, Brimington, Chesterfield, S43 1LT
Received 18 Aug 2026Highfields School, Upper Lumsdale, Matlock
Received 20 Mar 2007Buxton Junior School, Mosley Road, Buxton, SK17 9DR
Received 26 May 2022Long Eaton Community House, 173 Derby Road, Long Eaton
Received 9 Feb 2004Blackwell Primary School, Primrose Hill, Blackwell
Received 5 Jun 2008Florence Shipley Home, Market Place, Heanor,DE75 7AA
Received 16 Jul 2012Fairfield Youth Centre, Victoria Park Road, Fairfield, Buxton, SK17 7PE
Received 21 Jan 2022Riddings Junior School, Church Street, Riddings
Received 28 May 2003Breadsall CE Primary School, Moor Road, Breadsall
Received 12 Oct 200710 Bailey Drive, Norwood Ind. Est. Killamarsh,S21 2JF
Received 12 Jul 2011Peak School, Buxton Road, Chinley, High Peak, Derbyshire.,SK23 6ES
Received 7 Sept 2012Records 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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