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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Buxton Community School, College Road, Buxton
Received 4 Apr 2007Foxlow Tip and adjacent Land, off Staveley Lane, Staveley
Received 10 Jul 2007Meadow Brook Business Park, Meadow Lane, Long Eaton
Received 25 Apr 2008Richardson Endowed Primary School, Main Road, Smalley
Received 15 Feb 2005Riddings Infant School, West Street, Riddings, Alfreton,DE55 4EW
Received 5 Apr 2019Approved, Kirk Hallam Ladywood Primary School, Oliver Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, De7 4Nh
Received 16 Jan 2019Shirebrook Colliery Tip
Received 7 Aug 2006Brackenfield School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton,NG10 4DA
Received 19 Oct 2012Long Horse Bridge, Shardlow, Derbyshire
Received 19 May 2005Ryder Point (Bone Mill) Quarry, Hopton, Nr Wirksworth
Received 28 Jan 1998Loscoe C of E Primary School Church View, Heanor,DE75 7RT
Received 17 Jul 2012Birch Vale Quarry, Ovenhill Road, Birch Vale, New Mills,SK22 1BY
Received 14 May 2014Taxal and Fernilee CE Primary School, Reddish Road, Whaley Bridge
Received 22 Jun 2007Butterley Park Farm, Coach Road, Butterley Park, Ripley,DE5 3QW
Received 23 Sept 2010Buxton Museum & Art Gallery Terrace Road, BUXTON,,SK17 6DA
Received 8 Apr 2009Brookfield Community School & Specialist Sports College, Chatsworth Road,S40 3NS
Received 4 Nov 2009Land at Grange Close ,Clover Nook Industrial Estate, Nr Alfreton
Received 6 May 2010Plot 2, Pye Bridge Industrial Estate
Received 28 Oct 20041 Mundy Street, Heanor,DE75 7EB
Received 6 Feb 2003Overseal STW, Lullington Road,Overseal, Derbyshire,DE12 6NJ
Received 18 Jan 2012Chinley Primary School, 164 Buxton Road, Chinley,
Received 28 Aug 2008Calow C of E (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, North Road, Chesterfield,S44 5BD
Received 6 Sept 2013Newhall Community Junior School, Chesterfield Avenue, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 0TR
Received 25 Jun 2009Lea Green Centre, Lea
Received 24 Dec 2003Records 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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