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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Risley Lower Grammar CE Controllled Primary School, Derby Road, Risley
Received 10 Mar 2008Ilkeston Peugeot Breakers, Station Street, Ilkeston
Received 17 Aug 2005NORTHFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL, FALCON ROAD, DRONFIELD,S18 2ED
Received 26 Apr 2011Walton-on-Trent Primary School, Coton Road, Walton-on-Trent
Received 12 Oct 2004North Wingfield County Primary School, Chesterfield Road, North Wingfield, Derbyshire
Received 12 Mar 2015Awsworth Pallets, Loscoe Road, Heanor
Received 8 Nov 2005Woodville C of E Junior School, High Street, Swadlincote,DE11 7EA
Received 11 Oct 2013ST HELENS CHURCH, CHURCH ROAD, CHURCHTOWN, DARLEY DALE, DE4 2GL
Received 17 Jul 2026North End, Park Hall Lane, Mapperley, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6HR
Received 15 Oct 2025Old Colour Works, Via Gellia, Bonsall
Received 20 Oct 2005Conditions 3, 4 and 5 extend time to 31/12/2009 Bellington Hill
Received 21 Nov 2007Staveley Landfill Site, Hall Lane, Staveley
Received 19 Sept 2011Moira Road, Woodville
Received 13 Apr 2006Howitt Primary Community School, Cottage Garden Lane, Heanor,DE75 7FS
Received 15 Aug 2017Middleton Mine, Middleton by Wirksworth
Received 5 Sept 2006Long Horse Bridge, Shardlow
Received 26 Jun 2007Scargill C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School, Beech Lane, Ilkeston,DE7 6GU
Received 15 May 2013Norwood Shotblasting Ltd, Norwood Ind Est, Rotherham Close, Killamarsh,S21 2JU
Received 30 Aug 2011land north of Health and Safety Laboratries, Harpur Hill, Buxton
Received 24 Mar 2003Belper Long Row Primary School, Long Row, Belper,DE56 1DR
Received 12 Jul 2013Brockley Primary & Nursery School, Clowne Road, Chesterfield,S44 6AF
Received 3 Jul 2012Incomol Building, Derby Road, Clay Cross, Chesterfield,S45 9AG
Received 27 Sept 2019Duckmanton Primary School, West Crescent, Duckmanton
Received 20 May 2004Sowbrook Farm, Sowbrook Lane, Ilkeston
Received 31 May 2007Records 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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