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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Brackenfield School, Bracken Road, NG10 4DA
Received 2 Jul 2009Lea Green Development & Conference Centre, Main Road, Matlock,DE4 5GJ
Received 26 Apr 2013Church Broughton C of E Controlled Primary School Main Street, DERBY, DE65 5AS
Received 23 Jan 2009Charnos Family Support Centre Lower Whitworth Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4LT
Received 11 Mar 2019Grange Close, Clover Nook Industrial Estate, Alfreton
Received 25 Oct 2011Brookfield Primary School, Burlington Avenue, Langwith Junction
Received 22 Feb 2005Land and buildings to the east of Mansfield Road, Corbriggs Industrial Estate, Corbriggs
Received 13 Aug 2019Lafarge Aggregates Ltd, Whitwell Works, Southfield Lane, Whitwell,
Received 23 Feb 2007Ringwood Hall, Bothy Lodge, Ringwood Road, Brimington, Derbyshire, S43 1DQ
Received 29 Sept 2025Town End Junior School, Alfreton Road, Tibshelf,DE55 5PB
Received 21 Sept 2012land off Lockton Avenue/Stainsby Avenue, Heanor
Received 8 Jul 2004Langley Mill Junior School, Bailey Brook Crescent, Langley Mill
Received 21 Jan 2008Horsley C.E. Primary School, Church Street, Horsley
Received 15 Sept 2003Land adj to Millership Way, Ilkeston
Received 11 Aug 2010Tunstead Quarry, Unnamed Road From Junction Upper End To Tunstead Road, Tunstead, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8TG
Received 14 Dec 2022George Road, Matlock
Received 29 May 2012South Darley C of E Controlled Primary School, Cross Green,Darley Bridge
Received 4 Aug 2008Mayfield Road, ASHBOURNE,DE6 1AS
Received 25 May 2017Sheepbridge Waste Management Facility, Broombank Park, Chesterfield Trading Estate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9RT
Received 23 Mar 2022Middleton Community Primary School, Main Street, Middleton By Wirksworth, Derbyshire, DE4 4LQ
Received 22 May 2024Marsh Lane Primary School, School Lane, Marsh Lane, Eckington
Received 15 Dec 2008Fairfield Endowed Junior School, Boarstones Lane, Fairfield, Buxton, SK17 7NA
Received 28 Feb 2025Heage Sewage Treatment Works, Pickard Lane, Heage, Derbyshire, DE56 2AN
Received 8 May 2025Waterside Garage, Waterside, Hadfield, Glossop,SK13 1BS
Received 1 Aug 2017Records 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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