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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Findern Community Primary School, Buckford Lane, Findern, Derby,DE65 6AR
Received 18 Oct 201152 Netherfield Road, Somersall, Derbyshire, S40 3LS
Received 22 Sept 2026Land at rear (west) of 12 Glenmore Close Inkersall S43 3GN
Received 5 Aug 2025Westfield Infant School, Vincent Crescent, Chesterfield,S40 3NW
Received 13 Sept 2011Inkersall Primary School, Inkersall Green Road, Chesterfield,S43 3SE
Received 21 Feb 2012Long Eaton Library, Tamworth Road, Long Eaton
Received 22 Dec 2003THE VICARAGE, MAIN ROAD, HEATH, S44 5RX
Received 6 Oct 2025Former railway branchline from E 452566 N 368810 to E 452500 N 370534
Received 11 Jan 2013Cloudside Junior School, Stanton Road, Sandiacre
Received 15 Feb 2005Shirebrook Energy Park, Off Portland Drive, Shirebrook,NG20 8GB
Received 20 Nov 2018Sawley No 9 Bridge Sewage Pumping Station, Tamworth Road, Long Eaton
Received 22 Dec 2005Land at Griffon Road, Quarry Hill Industrial Estate, Ilkeston,DE7 4RF
Received 29 Jan 2014Furnace Hill, Lower Market Street, Clay Cross, Chesterfield,S45 9NF
Received 22 Apr 2015Long Row Primary School, Long Row, Belper
Received 12 Jun 2008Shirland Primary School, Chesterfield Road, Shirland
Received 22 Mar 2005Netherseal Sewage Treatment Works, off Main Street, Netherseal
Received 27 Mar 2006Hilton Primary School, Peacroft Lane, Hilton
Received 19 Jan 2007Rowthorne Home For Older People, Rowthorne Avenue, Swanwick, Alfreton, Derbyshire, De55 1Rz
Received 12 Jun 2023Foxlow Site, Off Staveley Lane, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Received 17 Dec 2015Johnsons Recycling Centre, Crompton Road Ilkeston,DE7 4BG
Received 13 Jan 2020Ambergate Sawmills, Ripley Road, Ambergate
Received 1 Apr 2008Woodthorpe C of E Primary School, Seymour Lane, Mastin Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S43 3DA
Received 25 Sept 2015Wigley Primary School, Main Road, Wigley, Derbyshire, S42 7JJ
Received 30 Nov 2020Ripley Sewage Treatment Works, A610, Ripley, Amber Valley, Lower Hartshay, DE5 3ST
Received 7 Aug 2025Records 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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