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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.
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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Co-op Travel Mercian Close, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Ilkeston,DE7 8HG
Received 5 Aug 2013The Staveley Centre, Calver Crescent, Staveley, Chesterfield,S43 3LY
Received 30 Aug 2011Redhill Primary School, The Ridings, Ockbrook, Derbyshire
Received 13 Jun 2007Shirebrook Library, 19 Patchwork Row, Shirebrook, Mansfield,NG20 8AL
Received 9 Nov 2012Sewage Treatment Works, to southwest of Doveridge, access track from Church Lane
Received 17 Jun 2010Alkane Energy Site, Former Whitwell Colliery, Southfield Lane, Whitwell,S80 3LH
Received 31 Mar 2011Chesterfield Coroner's Office, 69 Saltergate, Chesterfield
Received 8 Nov 2007Newhall Infant and Nursery School, Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 31 Mar 2008Middleton Community Primary School, Main Street. Middleton by Wirksworth
Received 7 Sept 2005New Bolsover Primary School New Station Road, Bolsover, Chesterfield,S44 6PY
Received 31 Oct 2017Cobnor Wood Close Industrial Estate, Chesterfield
Received 12 Jul 2004Belper School ,Kilbourne Road, Belper
Received 24 Feb 2009Hallam Fields Sewage Treatment Works, Stapleford Road, Trowell, Nottinghamshire, DE7 4AZ
Received 13 May 2024Station Road, Renishaw,S21 3WF
Received 29 Sept 2014Woodville Infant School, High Street, Swadlincote,,DE11 7EA
Received 25 Jan 2010Marston Montgomery Primary School, Thurvaston Road, Ashbourne,DE6 2FF
Received 2 Jul 2013WINGERWORTH LIDO, LAKESIDE, WINGERWORTH, S42 6LN
Received 16 Oct 2025The Brickworks, Campbell Drive, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield
Received 19 Jan 2009Forge Lane to Wood Lane, Bolsover
Received 17 Sept 2018Ward Recycling, Newbridge Lane, Old Whittington, Chesterfield,S41 9HY
Received 19 Aug 2016St Josephs Catholic & CE VA Primary School, Calver Crescent, Chesterfield,S43 3LY
Received 13 Dec 2011Holmesdale Infant School, The Avenue, Dronfield, Derbyshire,S18 2LR
Received 13 Dec 2013Oakerthorpe Compost Facility, Off Millstone Lane, Oakerthorpe, Nr Alfreton,DE55 1BH
Received 12 Sept 2011Hallam Fields Junior School,Longfield Lane, Ilkeston
Received 24 Feb 2009Records 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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