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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.
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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Dronfield School Chesterfield Road, Dronfield,S18 2XD
Received 17 Aug 2012Lakeside Infant School, Mikado Road, New Sawley, Long Eaton
Received 16 Mar 2005Tibshelf Community School, Doe Hill Lane, Tibshelf,DE55 5LZ
Received 15 Aug 2014WOOD HOUSE, SWALLOW HOUSE LANE, HAYFIELD, SK22 2HB
Received 25 Jun 2025Scarcliffe Sewage Treatment Works, Station Road, Scarcliffe
Received 20 Nov 2003Charlotte Infant and Nursery School, Trinity Close, Charlotte Street, Ilkeston
Received 10 Nov 2004Bennerley Fields School, Ilkeston
Received 10 Nov 2003Aldercar Infant & Nursery School, Godkin Drive, Langley Mill,NG16 4GL
Received 16 Aug 2011Park Junior School, Orchard Close, Shirebrook
Received 4 Nov 2008Sawley Infant & Nursery School, Wilmot Street, Long Eaton,NG10 3DQ
Received 17 Aug 2012Spire Infant and Nursery School Derby Road, Chesterfield,S40 2EU
Received 24 Apr 2015Swanwick Hall School, Swanwick Hill, Swanwick, Alfreton,DE55 1AE
Received 13 Feb 2012Sale & Davys C of E Controlled Primary School, Twyford Road, Barrow on Trent
Received 11 Jun 2009Stanton Sewage Works, Woodland Road, Stanton, Burton-on-Trent,DE15 9TN
Received 14 Sept 2012Johnsons Recycling Centre, Crompton Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4BG
Received 13 Jan 2020Dunston Primary School, Dunston Lane, Chesterfield,,S41 8EY
Received 6 Jan 20101 THORNWOOD COURT, BUXTON, SK17 6XZ
Received 17 Oct 2025Williamthorpe, Mansfield Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Received 26 Sept 2014Carr Wood adj to 31 Castle View Drive, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RL
Received 2 Apr 2026Galena, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, DE4 2HJ
Received 17 Apr 2026Ashbrook Junior School, Victoria Avenue, Borrowash, Derbyshire,DE72 3HF
Received 16 Oct 2015The Croft Infant School, Marshall Street, Alfreton
Received 24 Jun 2004Highfields School Starkholmes Road, Matlock,DE4 3DD
Received 19 Jun 2012William Allitt School, Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 20 Dec 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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