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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brimington Manor Infant & Nursery School, Manor Road, Chesterfield,S43 1NT
Received 11 Jul 2014Belmont Primary School, Belmont Street, Swadlincote,DE11 8JZ
Received 24 Aug 2010St John's Primary School, Laund Nook, Belper
Received 1 Sept 2006off Smedley Avenue, Somercotes
Received 14 Jul 2004Ockbrook and Borrowash Youth Club, Ashbrook Avenue, Borrowash
Received 24 Jun 2003Glossopdale Community College, Talbot Road, (lower site), Glossop
Received 19 Sept 2007Gamesley Primary School Grindleford Grove, GLOSSOP,SK13 6HW
Received 16 Aug 2017104 Sandbed Lane, Belper
Received 17 Jun 2004Buxton County Infant School, Hardwick Square South, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6QB
Received 11 Oct 2024Dallimore Primary School, Dallimore Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4GZ
Received 6 Sept 2018Matlock Sewage Treatment Works
Received 18 Mar 2008Land at Upperwood and Gullivers Kingdom, Temple Road, Matlock Bath,DE4 3PG
Received 12 Nov 2018Rosliston CE Primary School, Main Street, Rosliston
Received 3 Oct 2005The Park Infant School, Orchard Close, Shirebrook,NG20 8JX
Received 16 Jan 2018Peak Dale Primary School, School Road,Peak Dale, Buxton
Received 9 Sept 2008The former Clowne Branch Line, Clowne
Received 29 Nov 2016Matlock Bath Holy Trinity C of E Controlled Primary School, Clifton Road,DE4 3PW
Received 10 Aug 2009Draycott Community Primary School, Hopwell Road, DE72 3NH
Received 11 Jun 2009Larklands Infant School, Park Road, Ilkeston
Received 19 Jan 2006Lea Primary School, Church Street, MATLOCK, DE4 5JP
Received 27 Apr 2009Delves School, Hayes Lane, Swanwick
Received 15 Nov 2007Brooklands Infant School, Clumber Street, Long Eaton
Received 27 Jan 2004Grange Primary School, Station Road, Long Eaton
Received 25 Feb 2009Hazelmere Road, Creswell
Received 24 Aug 2005Records 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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