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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Brackenfield School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, NG10 4DA
Received 4 Feb 2021Clinker Wood, Station Road, Renishaw,,S21 3WE
Received 16 Nov 2009Sheepbridge Lane, Chesterfield
Received 24 Jan 2017Chaucer Junior School, Cranmer Street, Ilkeston
Received 9 Jul 2007Crich Junior School School Lane, Matlock, DE4 5DF
Received 6 Jul 2009Brimington Hostel, 9 Victoria Street, Brimington, Chesterfield,S43 1HY
Received 15 Apr 2020Land at Bridgehouse Garage, Sheffield Road, Barlborough, S21 3WA
Received 13 Oct 2023School Lane, Ripley
Received 12 Oct 2007Clowne Sewage Treatment Works, Hollin Hill, Clowne
Received 3 Nov 2006Osmaston CE (controlled) Primary School, Moor Lane, Osmaston,DE6 1LW
Received 21 Aug 2018Longford C of E Controlled Primary School, Longford, Ashbourne,DE6 3DR
Received 25 Nov 201319 College Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9DZ
Received 6 Jan 2025Hillcrest Home for Older People, Kenilworth Drive, Ilkeston
Received 4 Nov 2008Staveley Children's Centre, Church Street, CHESTERFIELD, S43 3TN
Received 11 May 2009St John's Primary School, Laund Nook, Belper
Received 28 Jan 2005Stanley Common CE Primary School, Belper road, Stanley Common
Received 17 Sept 2003Hasland Hall Community School, Broomfield Avenue, Hasland
Received 4 Nov 2008Hadfield Infant School, Mersey Bank Road, Glossop,SK13 1PN
Received 5 Mar 2015Coton in the Elms CE Primary School, Elmslea Avenue, SWADLINCOTE,,DE12 8HE
Received 2 Jul 2009off Callywhite Lane, Dronfield
Received 17 Nov 2004Willington Quarry, Castleway Lane, Egginton, Derbyshire,DE65 6BW
Received 20 Jul 2015Rood Lane, Clowne
Received 23 Dec 2009Ripley St John's CE Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Dannah Street, RIPLEY,DE5 3BD
Received 31 Mar 2017Hall Farm, Sutton Scarsdale
Received 25 May 2004Records 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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