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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Peak Waste Recycling Limited, Land off Wood Lane, DE6 1JF
Received 23 Dec 2024St Thomas More Catholic School & Science College, Palace Road, Buxton,SK17 6AF
Received 22 Nov 2011High Bank Farm, Kidd Road, Glossop,,SK13 7PN
Received 18 Nov 2009William Levick Primary School, Smithy Croft, Dronfield Woodhouse
Received 26 Apr 2004Inkersall Primary School, Green Road, Inkersall
Received 22 Feb 2005Grassmoor Primary School, North Wingfield Road, Grassmoor
Received 8 Nov 2004Alfreton Sewage Treatment Works, Westhouses Road, Alfreton
Received 8 Nov 2006Ashbrook Infant School, Victoria Avenue, BORROWASH,DE72 3HF
Received 20 May 2016Egstow Quarry, Clay Cross
Received 3 Feb 2004Florence Shipley Home, Market Place, Heanor, Derbyshire,DE75 7AA
Received 9 Jan 2015Shardlow Primary School, London Road, Shardlow,DE72 2GR
Received 25 Nov 2013land to rear of 13 New Road, Middleton by Wirksworth
Received 6 Jul 2006Tunstead Quarry, Waterswallows Road, Buxton,SK17 8TG
Received 15 Oct 2019Brockwell Nursery & Infant School, Purbeck Avenue, Chesterfield,S40 4NP
Received 8 Aug 2014Bramley Vale Primary School, York Crescent, Bramley Vale, Derbyshire, S44 5PF
Received 21 Dec 2022Melbourne Junior School, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, Derby,DE73 8JE
Received 5 Jun 2015Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School, Queens Drive, Swadlincote,Derbyshire.,DE11 0EG
Received 10 Aug 2012Unit 12 Bailey Drive, Norwood Industrial Estate, Killamarsh,S21 2JF
Received 12 Oct 2012Brassington Moor Quarry, Longcliffe
Received 21 Dec 2005Risley Lower Grammar C of E Controlled Primary School Derby Road, DE72 3SU
Received 15 May 2009Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CE (Controlled) Primary School, Clifton Road, Matlock Bath,DE4 3PW
Received 23 Jan 2015land west of Attenborough and south east of Long Eaton
Received 30 Nov 2006Land at Doe Hill Lane, Tibshelf, Derbyshire,DE55 5LX
Received 2 Feb 2012Heanor Langley Infant School & Nursery, Laceyfields Road, Heanor,DE75 7HJ
Received 10 Dec 2012Records 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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