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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Manners Balancing Pond, (North of) High Lane East, West Hallam,DE7 6HZ
Received 16 Sept 2013Woodville Library, 1 Hartshorne Road, Woodville
Received 31 Oct 2003Old Hall Junior School, Old Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S40 3QR
Received 16 Oct 2015Mouselow Quarry, Glossop, Derbyshire
Received 5 Mar 2010Middle Pond, Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire,DE4 5LB
Received 13 Sept 2012Alfreton Sewage Treatment Works
Received 24 Oct 2003Willington Quarry, Castleway Lane, Egginton
Received 16 Dec 2005Christ Church CE Primary School, Tapton View Road, Chesterfield
Received 13 Oct 2005Aldercar Community School, Daltons Close, Langley Mill
Received 31 Jul 2006139 Whitestones, Manchester Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak,SK23 9TW
Received 22 Dec 2011King Edward Street, Ashbourne
Received 25 Jun 2008Bolsover Infant and Nursery School, Welbeck Road, Bolsover
Received 6 Mar 2008Field House County Infant School Lower Whitworth Road, ILKESTON,DE7 4LT
Received 4 Nov 2016Glenholme Family Centre, 7 Dove Lane, Long Eaton
Received 19 Nov 2008Kirk Ireton Primary School, Main Street, Kirk Ireton
Received 4 Apr 2007St Mary's Infant School, Crow Lane, Unstone
Received 24 Jun 2003Woodland on west side of Old Hill , Ashbourne, DE6 1BL
Received 19 May 2026Buxton Library, Kents Bank Road, Buxton,,SK17 9HW
Received 16 Mar 2010Heanor Library, Ilkeston Road, Heanor,DE75 7DX
Received 8 Aug 2014Melbourne Infant School, Packhorse Road, Melbourne, Derbyshire
Received 14 Aug 2006Grove Farm Landfill, Off Sowbrook Lane, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Received 7 Nov 2012Waterlog Farm, Spondon Road, Dale Abbey
Received 20 Jun 2008Fourways, Ford Lane, Breadsall, Derbyshire, DE21 5DA
Received 6 Oct 20261 GOLF LANE, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4EE
Received 9 Jun 2025Records 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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