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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Marlpool Junior School, Claramount Road, Marlpool, Heanor
Received 12 Dec 2005Ripley Junior School, Poplar Avenue, Ripley
Received 13 Jun 2005Heage Primary School, School Lane, Heage
Received 24 Apr 2007Barrow Hill Pupil Referral Unit, Station Road, Barrow Hill
Received 27 Mar 2008St Oswalds Primary School, Mayfields Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire,DE6 1AS
Received 23 Feb 2018White Peak Loop, Church Road to Harrison Way, Darley Dale
Received 18 Dec 2014Parkhouse Road, Lower Pilsley
Received 27 Oct 2003Palterton Primary School, Back Lane, Palterton, Derbyshire,S44 6UN
Received 24 Nov 2015Gamesley Sidings,SK13 6JH
Received 23 Dec 2010Peak School, Buxton Road, Chinley
Received 29 Jul 2008Springbank Centre, Springbank Road, Chesterfield
Received 13 Feb 2004Fridge Disposal Plant, Newbridge Lane, Chesterfield
Received 16 May 2005Findern Community Primary School, Heath Lane, Findern
Received 28 Aug 2008Clowne Junior School, King Street, Clowne, Derbyshire, , S43 4BS,S43 4BS
Received 3 Dec 2014Harpur Hill Primary School, Trent Avenue, Buxton, Derbyshire,SK17 9LP
Received 16 Jun 2014Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School , Long Lane, Charlesworth
Received 9 Jun 2008Clay Cross Library, Holmgate Road, Chesterfield,S45 9PH
Received 22 Feb 2013Horsley CE Primary School, Horsley
Received 19 Feb 2008Aggregate Industries UK Limited, Smith Hall Lane, HULLAND WARD,DE6 3ET
Received 10 Aug 2016Arkwright Primary School, School Lane,
Received 17 May 2006Brigg Infant School, South Street, South Normanton, Alfreton,DE55 2DA
Received 1 Aug 2013Coton in the Elms Primary School, Elmslea Avenue, DE12 8HE
Received 16 Jun 2009Land on east side of Oak Tree Villa, Holymoor Road, Holymoorside, Derbyshire, S42 7DN
Received 16 Apr 2026Staveley Sewage Treatment Works, Hague Lane, Reinshaw, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S21 3UR
Received 8 Sept 2025Records 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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