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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bretby Landfill Site, Main Street, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 16 May 2012Kirk Hallam Community Technology College
Received 31 Oct 2007Slinter Top Quarry, Cromford
Received 15 May 2007Engine reclamation site, off Fordbridge Lane, Blackwell
Received 21 Mar 20118 MAIN ROAD, HIGHAM, DE55 6EF
Received 5 Aug 2025St Mary's Catholic High School, Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield
Received 23 Jun 2003The Newhall Centre, Meadow Lane, Newhall
Received 5 Jul 2005Erin Landfill Site, Markham Lane, Duckmanton
Received 1 Nov 2007Land adjacent to entrance to Willow Farm, Church Broughton
Received 19 Oct 2006Hayfield Picnic Site Station Road Hayfield
Received 7 Feb 2003Hartshorne CE [C] Primary School, Main Street, Hartshorne
Received 6 Apr 2004Marehay Sewage Treatment Works, Derby Road, Marehay
Received 1 Apr 2004Longmoor Primary School, Newstead Road, Long Eaton
Received 5 Jun 2007Chapel-en-le-Frith Wastewater Treatment Works, Charley Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chinley, SK23 6DY
Received 17 Nov 2023Wirksworth Sewage Treatment Works, Derby Road, Wirksworth
Received 30 Jul 2008Chapel en le Frith Primary School, Warmbrook Road, Chapel en le Frith, High Peak,SK23 0NL
Received 15 Jun 2010Pye Bridge Industrial Estate, Pye Bridge, Nr Alfreton
Received 15 Aug 2005Hollingwood Primary School, Lilac Street, CHESTERFIELD, S43 2JG
Received 14 May 2009Hunloke Park Primary School, Lodge Drive, Chesterfield,S42 6PT
Received 11 Oct 2013SUDBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, SUDBURY, ASHBOURNE,DE6 5HZ
Received 5 Jul 2011Elmton Sewage Treatment Works, Markland Lane, Elmton
Received 12 Apr 2007Imperial Commercials, Ashbourne Road, Mackworth, Derby,DE22 4NB
Received 16 Jul 2015125c Market Street, Clay Cross, Chesterfield,S45 9LX
Received 16 Nov 2012The Old Ironworks, Stanton Recycling Ltd, Crompton Road, Derbyshire, Ilkeston, DE7 4BG
Received 26 Mar 2024Records 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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