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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Erin Landfill Site, Markham Lane, DUCKMANTON,S44 5HS
Received 21 Feb 2017THE LODGE HOUSE, MORLEY MANOR, MAIN ROAD, MORLEY, ILKESTON, DE7 6DG
Received 13 Jul 2026Tupton Primary School, Queen Victoria Road, New Tupton
Received 23 Apr 200424 A, MACCLESFIELD ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 9AH
Received 11 Aug 2025Fairfield Community Centre, Victoria Park Road, Buxton
Received 12 Dec 2007Harpur Hill Primary School, Trent Avenue, Harpur Hill, Buxton,SK17 9LB
Received 27 Jul 2010County Training Support Centre, Brookside Road, Breadsall
Received 11 Apr 2003Granby Junior School, Heanor Road, Ilkeston
Received 1 Aug 2008The Green Infant School, New Street, South Normanton,DE55 2BS
Received 2 May 2018Creswell C of E Infants School Gypsy Lane, CRESWELL,S80 4HY
Received 2 Dec 2016Brimington Manor Infant & Nursery School, Manor Road, Brimington, Chesterfield,S43 1NT
Received 16 Nov 2012Woodthorpe C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Seymour Lane, CHESTERFIELD
Received 11 Feb 2009Buxton Sewage Treatment Works, Bakewell Road, Ashwood Dale, Buxton
Received 11 Mar 2004TM Pearson Waste Transfer Station, Whitting Valley Road, Chesterfield,S41 9EY
Received 10 Sept 2012All Saint's CE Infant School, Dimple Road, Matlock
Received 28 Mar 2008Bennerley Fields School, Stratford Street, Ilkeston,DE7 8QZ
Received 25 Mar 2010Bonus Burton SPS, Burton Road, Castle Gresley
Received 11 Jul 2005Risley Primary School, Derby Road, Risley
Received 31 Oct 2003Chaucer Junior School, Cranmer Street, Ilkeston
Received 13 Oct 2005Hunloke Park Primary School, Lodge Drive, Wingerworth
Received 7 Nov 2007Matlock All Saints C of E Infant School, Dimple Road, Matlock,DE4 3HX
Received 31 Jan 201226 Chestnut Close, Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 4HD
Received 15 Jul 2026John Flamsteed Community School, Derby Road, Ripley,,DE5 8NP
Received 11 Nov 2009Draycott Community Primary School, Hopwell Road,DE72 3NH
Received 9 Nov 2009Records 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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