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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Johnsons Recycling Centre, Crompton Road, ILKESTON,DE7 4BG
Received 4 Apr 2017Tansley Primary School, Gold Hill, Tansley
Received 17 Dec 2007Batley Lane, Pleasley
Received 29 Aug 2014Heage Primary School, School Lane, Heage,DE56 2AL
Received 17 Oct 2014The Delves Special Schools, Hayes Lane, Swanwick
Received 25 Sept 2007Langley Mill CE Infant School, Sedgewick Street, Langley Mill
Received 4 Jul 2007Units U and V, Robian Way, Swadlincote
Received 3 Sept 2009Bolehill Quarry
Received 29 May 1998Draycott Community Primary School, Hopwell Road, Draycott, Derbyshire, DE72 3NH
Received 14 Aug 2020Grassmoor Primary School, North Wingfield Road, Grassmoor
Received 10 May 2005Scarcliffe Lanes Farm, Langwith
Received 4 Jul 2003Scargill C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School, Beech Lane, ILKESTON, DE7 6GU
Received 5 May 2009Peveril House, Mill Lane, Codnor
Received 25 Oct 2007Inkersall Primary School, Green Road, Inkersall, Staveley
Received 13 Jun 2005M1 Commerce Park, Markham Lane, Chesterfield,S44 5HS
Received 14 Dec 2015Wirksworth C of E Controlled Infant School, North End, Wirksworth,DE4 4FG
Received 29 Nov 2013Birdholme Infant and Nursery School, Derby Road, Chesterfield
Received 7 Feb 2005Tibshelf School, High Street, Tibshelf
Received 10 Nov 2004Station Road, Renishaw,S21 3WB
Received 7 Oct 2013Lodge House, Heanor Road, Smalley
Received 10 Oct 2018South Darley CE [C] Primary School, Kirby Lane, Cross Green, Darley Bridge
Received 15 May 2003St Andrews C of E Methodist Primary School, Pentland Road, DRONFIELD, S18 8ZQ
Received 6 May 2009Shipley West Site
Received 6 Aug 1999Scarcliffe Primary School, Langwith Road, Scarcliffe, Derbyshire,S44 6TH
Received 25 May 2010Records 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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