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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Springfield Junior School, Springfield Road, Swadlincote
Received 9 Feb 2005Foxlow Tip, off Staveley Lane, Staveley, Derbyshire
Received 31 Oct 2012Dronfield School, Green Lane, Dronfield
Received 7 Apr 2006Etwall Recycling Facility
Received 6 May 2004Churchtown CE [C] Primary School, Church Road, Darley Dale
Received 7 Jan 2008Dunston Primary School, Dunston Lane, Chesterfield.
Received 2 Jun 2005Bennerley School, Bennerley Avenue, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston
Received 23 Feb 2007ST ANDREWS C OF E VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, ILKESTON,DE7 6FB
Received 7 Sept 2010Castle Environmental Ltd, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, DE7 4BG
Received 30 Dec 2020Former Landfill Site, Ridgeway Quarry, Crich Lane, Ambergate
Received 29 Sept 2003Pinxton Nursery School, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton
Received 16 Feb 2007Lea Green Centre, Main Road, Lea
Received 4 Jul 2003Denby Depot, Prospect Road, Denby
Received 18 Feb 2004The Delves School, Hayes Lane, Swanwick
Received 12 Feb 2007Ball Eye Quarry, Via Gellia, Cromford
Received 27 Apr 1995Abercrombie School Playing Field, Higher Albert Street, Chesterfield
Received 20 Dec 2007Oxcroft Farm, Oxcroft Lane, Bolsover.
Received 10 Jan 2006Killamarsh Junior School, Sheffield Road, Killamarsh,S21 2EA
Received 3 Jul 2012Scarcliffe Primary School, Fox Hill, Chesterfield,S44 6TH
Received 9 May 2014Hilton Primary School, Peacroft Lane, Hilton,DE65 5GH
Received 21 Nov 2014TME Recycling Limited, Unit 2-3 Burley Close, Chesterfield,S40 2HA
Received 6 Feb 2014William Levick Primary School, Smithy Croft, Dronfield Woodhouse
Received 4 Apr 2007Alfreton Grange Arts School, Grange Street, Alfreton, Derbyshire,DE55 7JA
Received 8 Mar 2010Barlow CE Primary School, Millcross Lane, Barlow, Dronfield
Received 5 Nov 2007Records 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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