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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
8 SPRINGFIELD VIEW, RIPLEY, DE5 3UN
Received 17 Jul 2025Croft Community Infant School, Marshall Street, Alfreton,DE55 7BW
Received 20 Sept 2011Carsington & Hopton Voluntary Aided C of E Primary School, Carsington,DE4 4DE
Received 12 Apr 2013Woodville C of E Junior School, High Street, Swadlincote,DE11 7EA
Received 25 Mar 2013Unit 11, Pye Bridge Industrial Estate, Somercotes, Alfreton,DE55 4NX
Received 19 Jul 2016Kirk Hallam Community Technical College, Godfrey Drive, Kirk Hallam
Received 5 Jun 2003Eckington Junior School, School Street, Eckington
Received 9 Sept 2008Birch Vale Quarry, Oven Hill Road, Birch Vale, New Mills,SK22 1BY
Received 24 May 2012Cotmanhay Junior School, Beauvale Drive, Ilkeston,DE7 8RR
Received 12 Sept 2014Heritage Community School, Boughton Lane, Clowne,S43 4QG
Received 21 Oct 2009Ripley Library, Grosvenor Road, Ripley
Received 24 Sept 2004Ball Eye Quarry, Cromford
Received 30 Sept 1997Former Landfill Site, Phoenix Brickworks, Staveley,S43 2PR
Received 27 Mar 2012rear of footpath Argyle Street, Langley Mill
Received 10 Dec 2007St Georges Primary School, Church Street, Church Gresley
Received 18 Jul 2005Old Pallet Yard, Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4AZ
Received 22 May 2024Burbage Primary School, Cavendish Avenue, Buxton, Derbyshire,SK17 9AE
Received 5 Apr 2013Findern CP School, Buckford Lane, Findern, Derbyshire,DE65 6AR
Received 25 Sept 2015Cheap Skips Ltd, Ripley Road, Ambergate
Received 3 Nov 2008land off Heathfield Nook Road, Harpur Hill, Buxton
Received 20 Jan 2005Riddings Infant & Nursery School, West Street, Alfreton,,DE55 4EW
Received 9 Feb 2010Tunstead Quarry, Buxton
Received 25 Mar 2009Veolia ES (UK) Ltd, Norwood Industrial Estate, Ellisons Road, Killamarsh, S21 2DR
Received 23 May 2023DCC Transport Depot, Ripley Road, Ambergate
Received 31 Oct 2003Records 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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