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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Creswell and the junction between Hennymoor Lane and Southfield Lane
Received 14 Jul 2003Highways Training Centre, Ripley Road, Ambergate
Received 17 May 2006Manor Farm, Longcliffe
Received 5 Nov 2004THE CEDARS, PARK CRESCENT, DOVERIDGE, DE6 5NE
Received 11 Sept 2026Tupton Hall School, Old Tupton
Received 16 Dec 2008Woodville C of E Junior School, High Street, Woodville,DE11 7EA
Received 15 Feb 2011Brockwell Nursery and Infant School, Purbeck Avenue, Chesterfield
Received 19 Jun 2003Hayfield Primary School Swallow House Lane, HIGH PEAK, SK22 2HB
Received 20 Mar 2009Hague Bar Primary School, Lower Hague, New Mills,SK22 3AP
Received 9 Nov 2012Glebe Junior School, Hamlet Lane, South Normanton
Received 29 Jul 2004Kensington Junior School, St Johns Road,Ilkeston
Received 25 Apr 2008Rosliston C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Main Street, Rosliston
Received 28 Aug 2008Land off Wash Green, Wirksworth,DE4 4FE
Received 21 Feb 2011Tibshelf School, High Street, Tibshelf
Received 17 May 2006Firfield Primary School, Sawley Road, DERBY, DE72 3EF
Received 20 Mar 2009NORTH LODGE, FLOWER LILLIES, WINDLEY, BELPER, DE56 2LQ
Received 17 Nov 2025Bennett Fergusson Coal Yard, North Wingfield Road, Grassmoor, Chesterfield
Received 26 Jul 2006Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, The Green Road, Ashbourne
Received 12 Sept 2008Wirksworth CE Infant School, North End, Wirksworth
Received 2 Apr 2004Cloudside Junior School, Stanton Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham,NG10 5DE
Received 17 Jul 2012Alfreton Park Community Special School, Alfreton Park, Alfreton,DE55 7AL
Received 31 May 2013Stretton Handley CE Primary School, Berrisford Lane, Woolley Moor
Received 13 Nov 2006Harrington Junior School Derby Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 4BJ
Received 5 Jun 2008Hollingwood Primary School, Lilac Street, Hollingwood,S43 2JG
Received 15 Feb 2011Records 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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