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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Whitworth Hospital, 330 Bakewell Road, Matlock,DE4 2JD
Received 16 Jul 2012Norwood Recycling Centre, Ellisons Road, Killamarsh
Received 16 Sept 200330 WOOD GARDENS, HAYFIELD, SK22 2HQ
Received 19 Jun 2025109 ST JOHNS ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 6UT
Received 6 Oct 2026Temple Normanton Primary School, Elm Street, Temple Normanton, Chesterfield,S42 5DW
Received 10 Mar 2014Ripley Junior School, Poplar Avenue, Ripley
Received 16 Jan 2008The Long Eaton School, Thoresby Road, Long Eaton,NG10 3NP
Received 27 Mar 2012Street Lane North Pumping Station, Ripley
Received 4 May 2004Risley Lower Grammar CE Controlled Primary School, Derby Road, Risley
Received 20 Dec 2007Hoe Grange Quarry, Brassington,DE4 4HN
Received 1 Feb 1999Stainforth, 3 Lea Wood Croft, Holloway, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5BD
Received 16 Dec 2025Bolsover Infant & Nursery School, Welbeck Road, Bolsover, Chesterfield,S44 6DE
Received 20 Dec 2013Land at Former Williamthorpe Colliery, Mansfield Road, Temple Normanton, Chesterfield
Received 12 Apr 2024Chapel-en-le-Frith Youth Club, 25 High Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith
Received 19 May 2004Kilburn Sewage Treatment Works, Tants Meadow, Horsley, Amber Valley, DE56 0NB
Received 22 Jan 2024M.Hill (Scrap Metal Merchants), Newbridge Lane, Old Whittington, Chesterfield
Received 15 Jan 2004Clowne Infant & Nursery School, Ringer Lane, Clowne, Derbyshire,S43 4DB
Received 3 Apr 2012Ilkeston School, King George Avenue, Ilkeston
Received 11 May 2006Aston On Trent Primary School, Long Croft, Aston-On-Trent,DE72 2UH
Received 21 May 2020John Flamstead Community School, Smithy Houses, Denby
Received 20 Jul 2005Coton-in-the-Elms Primary School, Elmslea Avenue, Coton-in-the-Elms
Received 16 Nov 2005Chaucer Junior School, Cranmer Street, Ilkeston
Received 29 Apr 2003National Stone Centre, Porter Lane, Wirksworth
Received 17 Dec 2008Hallam Fields Road, Ilkeston
Received 6 Mar 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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