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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Highfield Hall Primary School, Highfield Lane, Newbold, S41 8AZ
Received 19 Jul 2022Woodthorpe CE Primary School, Seymour Lane, Woodthorpe, Mastin Moor
Received 23 Nov 2006St Georges C of E Controlled Primary School, Church Street, Church Gresley,DE11 9NP
Received 24 Nov 2010Kilburn Infant & Nursery School, The Flat, Belper,DE56 0LA
Received 21 Jun 2013Creswell Infant and Nursery School, Elmton Road, Creswell
Received 15 Jun 2007Anthony Gell School, Wood Street, Wirksworth,DE4 4DX
Received 22 Nov 2019Langley Mill Junior School, Bailey Brook Crescent, Langley Mill
Received 6 Oct 2004Normans Field to the south of, Whaley Lane, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, SK23 7BA
Received 22 May 2026Woodville Library, Hartshorne Road, Woodville, Swadlincote,DE11 7JB
Received 20 Mar 2012Coton In The Elms C Of E Primary School, Elmslea Avenue, Coton-in-the-elms, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8HE
Received 5 May 2023Langwith Bassett Primary School, Langwith Junction
Received 3 Oct 2007Northleigh, Dale Road North, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, DE4 2HY
Received 3 Sept 2025Stanton Primary School, Woodland Road, Stanton
Received 8 Jul 2005125 PENN LANE, MELBOURNE, DERBY, DE73 8EP
Received 1 Sept 2025Riverside Works, Storforth Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2TU
Received 1 Oct 2020Draycott Primary School, Hopewell Road, Draycott
Received 28 Jun 20061 BROOKHOUSE COURT, HAYFIELD, SK22 2PD
Received 6 Jun 2025Mary Howitt Infant Community School, Loscoe Road, Heanor
Received 11 Nov 2005Long Row Primary School, Belper
Received 6 Jul 2007Crich Carr C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Hindersitch Lane, MATLOCK,
Received 11 Mar 2009St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Matlock Road, Belper
Received 27 Mar 2012CHURCH STREET, HORSLEY, DERBY, DE21 5BQ
Received 28 Sept 2026Hayfield Quarry, A6015, Hayfield
Received 21 Oct 2010Land East of Grange Mill Quarry, Grangemill, Nr Wirksworth, DE4 4HU
Received 23 Apr 2024Records 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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