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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hadfield Nursery, Queens Street, Hadfield
Received 5 Apr 2007Shirebrook Academy School, Common Lane, Shirebrook, Derbyshire,NG20 8QF
Received 13 Feb 2015Parklands Infant and Nursery School, Derby Road, Long Eaton,NG10 4BJ
Received 12 Feb 2003land adjacent Newhall Centre, Meadow Lane, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 26 Jun 2006Simmondley Primary School, Pennine Road, Simmondley, Glossop
Received 25 Jan 2007Sure Start Childrens Centre, Beauvale Drive, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,DE7 8RU
Received 6 Mar 2015Tetron Point,Cadley Hill Road, Swadlincote (former Nadins OCCS)
Received 3 Mar 2003Wilsthorpe Community School, Derby Road, Long Eaton.
Received 12 Mar 2007Aldercar Community Language College, Daltons Close,,NG16 4HL
Received 30 Nov 2009Former Drakelow C Power Station, Walton Road
Received 18 Mar 2019Former Markham Colliery Site, Markham Lane, Bolsover
Received 8 May 2003North of Dronfield Railway Station, Chestrfield Road, Dronfield
Received 16 Jan 2019The Bolsover School, Mooracre Lane, Bolsover
Received 16 Jan 20091 EUREKA LODGE GARDENS, MIDWAY, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 0WR
Received 9 May 2025The Crossways, 1 New Beetwell Street,Chesterfield
Received 28 Apr 2004Veolia Norwood Waste Treatment Plant, Killamarsh
Received 19 May 2008Johnsons Recycling Centre, Crompton Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4BG
Received 2 Aug 2017The Brigg Infant School, South Street, South Normanton
Received 12 Feb 2008Brimington Junior School, Springvale Road, Brimington
Received 10 Sept 2008land off Boundary Road
Received 22 Nov 20017 MONTPELIER, QUARNDON, DERBY, DE22 5JW
Received 9 Feb 2026Horsley CE Primary School, Church Street, Horsley, Derby,DE21 5BR
Received 20 Jul 2015Willington Quarry
Received 19 Mar 2007Buttermilk Lane, Bolsover
Received 13 Sept 2004Records 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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