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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Brookside Road to Lime Lane, Breadsall
Received 15 May 2014Buxton Community School, College Road, Buxton,SK17 9EA
Received 21 Oct 2009Glebe Junior School, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton
Received 1 Jul 2004Harrington County Junior School, Derby Road, Long Eaton,NG10 4BJ
Received 9 Feb 2021Ironville & Codnor Park Primary School, Victoria Street, Ironville,NG16 5NB
Received 4 Oct 2011YEARDSLEY HALL BARN, YEARDSLEY LANE, FURNESS VALE, SK23 7PS
Received 10 Jul 2025Ashbourne Airfield Industrial Estate, Blenheim Road, Asbourne
Received 21 Dec 2004Shirebrook Community School, Common Lane, Shirebrook
Received 17 Jan 2007Loscoe C of E Primary School, Church View, Loscoe
Received 17 Dec 2008WOODVILLE C OF E JUNIOR SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, SWADLINCOTE,DE11 7EA
Received 3 Feb 2011Melbourne Junior School, Pack Horse Road, DERBY,DE73 8JE
Received 3 Apr 2018Osmaston CE (Controlled) Primary School, Moor Lane, Osmaston,DE6 1LW
Received 4 Jul 2017Hall Plant Hire, Sheepbridge Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Received 20 Feb 2014Dunston Road, Sheepbridge, Nr Chesterfield
Received 23 Jul 2008Swanwick School And Sports College, Hayes Lane, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AR
Received 8 Jun 2021Land at Moorwood Farm, Moorwood Moor, South Wingfield
Received 12 Nov 2004Brooklands Primary School, St John's Street, Long Eaton
Received 27 Jun 2007Horsley Primary School, Church Street, Horsley.
Received 30 Jan 2006Etwall Sewage Treatment Works, Etwall
Received 21 Feb 2024St Johns Ce Voluntary Controlled Primary School , Laund Nook, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1GY
Received 29 Jun 2022Swanwick Hall School, The Green, Alfreton,DE55 1AE
Received 11 Sept 2015Woodthorpe C Of E Primary School, Seymour Lane, Woodthorpe,S43 3DA
Received 4 Apr 2018Hindlow Works, Buxton Road, Buxton,SK17 0EL
Received 27 Mar 2020Ensor Waste Transfer Facility, John Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote,DE11 8EJ
Received 7 Oct 2013Records 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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