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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Birdholme School, Church Street South, Chesterfield
Received 10 Nov 2005St Elizabeths Catholic Primary School, Matlock Road, Belper,DE56 2JD
Received 4 Oct 2011Brackenfield Special School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton.
Received 23 Mar 2006Matlock All Saints C of E Infant School, Dimple Road, Matlock,DE4 3HX
Received 29 Nov 2011Toll Road, Ripley
Received 30 Mar 2005Old Hall Junior School, Old Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S40 3QR
Received 25 Jan 2013Ironville and Codnor Park Primary School, Victoria Street, Ironville,NG16 5NB
Received 16 Aug 2011St Peters C of E Controlled Primary School , Main Street, Netherseal
Received 29 May 2008Elvaston Landfill Site, Bellington Hill, Elvaston, Derby,DE72 3FF
Received 1 Oct 2012Land and buildings to the east of Mansfield Road, Corbriggs Industrial Estate, Corbriggs
Received 12 Jun 2020Talbot Manor, Talbot House, Talbot Road, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7DP
Received 2 Jun 2026Shand House, Dale Road South, Matlock,DE4 3RY
Received 24 Apr 2012Belper School , Kilbourne Road, Belper
Received 10 Sept 2008Hazelwood Road, Duffield
Received 24 Apr 2006Waste Recycling Centre, off Mansfield Road, Corbriggs
Received 9 Oct 2008Carr Wood at rear of 34 Castle View Drive, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RL
Received 12 Mar 2026Markham lane, Staveley
Received 19 Jun 2003Whitecotes Primary School, Whitecotes Lane, Chesterfield
Received 27 Aug 2004William Allitt School, Sunnyside, SWADLINCOTE,DE11 0TL
Received 15 Jun 2017Matlock Lea STW, Lea,DE4 5AA
Received 19 Dec 2011Long Eaton Day Nursery, Lime Terrace, Long Eaton,NG10 4LF
Received 6 Dec 2011New Mills Public Library, Hall Street, New Mills, Derbyshire,SK22 4AR
Received 25 Jun 2015Hasland Hall Community School, Broomfield Avenue, Chesterfield,S41 0LP
Received 24 Jan 2014Gamesley Community Primary School, Grindleford Grove,Glossop
Received 4 Nov 2008Records 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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