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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.
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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Eureka Primary School, Dunsmore Way, Swadlincote,DE11 7LA
Received 11 Dec 2015Hilton Primary school, Peacroft lane, Hilton
Received 9 Jun 2003Land to the East of Barton Road, Long Eaton, NG10 2GN
Received 8 Nov 2024Whitwell Works, Southfield Lane, Whitwell,S80 3LJ
Received 5 Jan 2012Little eaton Primary School, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton
Received 6 Dec 2007Deer Park Primary School, New Road, Wingerworth
Received 26 Mar 2008Dove Holes Church of England Primary School, Hallsteads, Dove Holes, Derbyshire,SK17 8BJ
Received 27 Jul 2015Erewash Valley Golf Club, Golf Club Road, Stanton By Dale,DE7 4QR
Received 30 Aug 2018Riddings Infant School, West Street, Riddings, Alfreton,DE55 4EW
Received 11 May 2015Norbury Ce School, Lid Lane, Roston,DE6 2EG
Received 5 Aug 2019Cromford C of E Primary School, North Street, Matlock,DE4 3RG
Received 7 Sept 2010Rawdon Works, Moira Road, Woodville,DE11 8DG
Received 17 Sept 2010Tibshelf Community School, High Street, Tibshelf
Received 18 Aug 2005Hadfield Nursery School, Queens Street, Hadfield.
Received 22 Mar 2005Walton on Trent C of E Primary School, Coton Road, Walton on Trent,DE12 8NL
Received 2 Nov 2010Deincourt Community School, Chesterfield Road, North Wingfield
Received 18 Sept 2003Meadows Community School, High Street, Old Whittington, Chesterfield
Received 6 Jun 2008Land off Repton Road, Willington
Received 6 Jan 2012BLACKWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMROSE HILL, ALFRETON,DE55 5JG
Received 5 Apr 2011Hundall Cricket Club, Hundall Village, Nr Dronfield
Received 22 Jan 2004Norwood Recycling Centre, Ellison's Road, Norwood, Killamarsh,S21 2DR
Received 22 May 2014Vital Earth Derby Ltd, Blenheim Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire,DE6 1HA
Received 7 Sept 2009Little Eaton Branch Line Greenway from the village of Little Eaton (south) to the village of Rawson Green (north). Part of the Key Cycle Network
Received 2 Nov 2023Wilsthorpe Community School , Derby Road, Long Eaton
Received 31 Mar 2005Records 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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