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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Fall Hill Quarry, Hockley Lane, Nr Ashover
Received 25 Jan 2011Sudbury Primary School, School Lane, Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 5HZ
Received 31 Jul 2025Whitecotes Primary School, Whitecotes Lane, Chesterfield
Received 15 May 2006Creswell Library, Elmton Road, Creswell
Received 12 Apr 2005Griffin Close, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S43 3LJ
Received 3 Jul 2015BRACKEN LANE FARM, BRACKEN LANE, HOLLOWAY, MATLOCK, DE4 5AS
Received 13 May 2025Loscoe C of E Primary School Church View, Loscoe, Heanor,DE75 7RT
Received 20 Apr 2010Bennerley Fields School, Stratford Street,Ilkeston
Received 20 Feb 2003Chapel-en-le-Frith Primary School, Warmbrook Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith,
Received 25 Sept 2006The Old Ironworks, Stanton Recycling Ltd, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4BG
Received 16 Jan 2023Whitwell Quarry, land west and east of Crags Road, Whitwell.
Received 2 Feb 2006Coton In The Elms Primary School,
Received 30 Sept 2004Morley Primary School, Main Road, Morley,DE7 6DF
Received 22 Jun 2015SOMERSALL FARM, SOMERSALL HALL DRIVE, SOMERSALL, S40 3LH
Received 9 Jul 2025Shirebrook Academy, Common Lane, Shirebrook,NG20 8QF
Received 13 Feb 2013Hady Primary School, hady Lane, Chesterfield
Received 5 Jun 2006Crich C of E Infant School, Bowns Hill , Crich, DE4 5DG
Received 3 Aug 2020Unit 5 Ground Floor, Royal Court, Basil Close, Chesterfield,S41 7SL
Received 28 Jan 2011Holme Hall Primary School, Taddington Road, Chesterfield,,S40 4RL
Received 16 Nov 2009Erin Landfill Site, Markham Lane, Duckmanton, Derbyshire, S44 5HS
Received 22 Jun 2023Chapel-en-le-Frith C of E Primary School, Warmbrook Road, High Peak,,SK23 0NL
Received 23 Nov 2009All Saints CE Voluntary Controlled Junior School, Hurds Hollow, Matlock
Received 2 May 20071-7 The Millplace, The Hill Estate, Hagg Hill, New Tupton, Chesterfield,,S42 6JU
Received 12 Jan 2010Northfield Junior School, Falcon Road, Dronfield, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S18 2ED
Received 8 May 2015Records 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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