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.
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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Street Lane Primary School ,Street Lane, Denby
Received 29 Jul 2008Kensington Junior School, St. Johns Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 5PA
Received 13 Jun 2014BLOCK 33 - 45, THORNWOOD COURT, BUXTON, SK17 6XZ
Received 11 Sept 2025Peak School, Buxton Road,Chinley
Received 14 Jul 2008The Old Ironworks, Stanton Recycling Ltd, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, DE7 4BG
Received 26 Aug 2022Dallimore Primary School, Dallimore Road, Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire
Received 13 May 2005Hillcrest HOP, kenilworth Drive, Kirk Hallam
Received 10 Jul 2007Unit 35, M1 Commerce Park. Markham Lane, Markham Vale, Chesterfield,S44 5HS
Received 19 Feb 2015Land between existing roundabout spur at Occupation Lane, Woodville and A514 Derby Road, Swadlincote
Received 1 May 2020Hasland Junior School, The Green, Hasland
Received 31 Aug 2005Long Row Primary School, Belper
Received 11 Aug 2003Land at former Creswell Colliery Lagoons Frithwood Lane Creswell
Received 9 Feb 20181 FURNESS LODGE CLOSE, FURNESS VALE, SK23 7QR
Received 9 Sept 2026Sure Start Centre, Portland Road, Whaley Thorns,
Received 5 Mar 2004Shirebrook Energy Park, Off Portland Drive, Shirebrook,NG20 8GB
Received 3 Jul 2014Renishaw Primary School Hague Lane, SHEFFIELD, S21 3UR
Received 20 Apr 2009Derbyshire County Council Woodville Youth Centre, Moira Road, Swadlincote,DE11 8DG
Received 13 Jul 2009Morton Primary School, School Hill, Morton, Alfreton
Received 17 Jan 2006Corfield C of E Infant School, Thorpes Road, Heanor,DE75 7GQ
Received 6 Feb 2014Wirksworth Junior School, Wash Green, Wirksworth, Derbyshire,DE4 4FD
Received 18 Jan 2016A6 to the north of Buxton, adjacent to the area known locally as Fairfield Common
Received 7 Feb 2020Bolsover Infant and Nursery School, Welbeck Road, Bolsover
Received 12 Oct 2004Compton Street, Ashbourne,DE6 1DY
Received 6 Dec 2011Bradley CofE Primary School, Yew Tree Lane, Bradley, Ashbourne DE6 1PG
Received 7 Sept 2023Records 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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