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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Slinter Top Quarry, Cromford, Matlock, DE4 3QS
Received 3 Aug 201720 WOOD GARDENS, HAYFIELD, SK22 2HQ
Received 10 Oct 2025Upper Mantle Close, Clay Cross
Received 22 Oct 2008Creswell Cof E Infants School, Gypsy Lane, off Elmton Road, Creswell.
Received 14 Sept 2005Land north-east of Dark Lane, Calow, Chesterfield
Received 29 Jan 2014Erin Landfill Site, Markham Lane, Duckmanton, Derbyshire, S44 5HS
Received 18 Mar 2025Aldercar Community Language College Daltons Close, Langley Mill,NG16 4HL
Received 20 Jul 2010Lea Primary School, Church Street, Lea
Received 8 Jun 2005Carter Lane Community Centre, Carter Lane, Shirebrook
Received 9 Sept 2008The Avenue, Avenue Redevelopment Site, Chesterfield, Wingerworth
Received 9 Mar 2017Inkersall Primary School, Green Road, Inkersall, Staveley
Received 13 Feb 2004Mickley County Infant School, Milton Avenue, Stretton MickleyInfants,Stretton,DE55 6GG
Received 26 Apr 2018Ripley Infant School, Kirk Close, Off Highfield Way, Ripley
Received 11 Feb 2008Eckington Family Support Centre, 88 Southgate, Eckington
Received 1 Dec 2006Pupil Referral Unit, Memorial Hall, Main Street, Newhall, Swadlincote
Received 3 Oct 2007Unit 6 & 7, Sheepbridge Ind. Est, Off Sheepbridge Lane, Chesterfield,S41 9RT
Received 2 Mar 2011Elmsleigh Infant School, Queens Drive, Swadlincote
Received 25 May 2004Land adjacent to Willshee's Waste And Recycling Limited, Keith Willshee Way, Swadlincote, DE11 9EN
Received 4 Oct 2022Middlecroft Road, Staveley
Received 27 Nov 2006Carter Lane Community Centre, Carter Lane, Shirebrook
Received 5 Mar 2004Melbourne Adult Community Education Centre, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne
Received 12 Oct 2005Doveholes Quarry
Received 28 May 2002Heath Fields Primary School, Field Avenue, Hatton,DE65 5EQ
Received 1 Mar 2011H W Martin, 14 Clover Nook Road, South Normanton, Derbyshire, DE55 4RF
Received 23 Aug 2022Records 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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