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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Aston on Trent Primary School, Long Croft, Aston on Trent, Derby,DE72 2UH
Received 24 Nov 2015Mouselow Quarry, Dinting Road, Glossop,SK13 9EB
Received 5 Feb 2014Aldercar Community Language College Daltons Close,, Langley Mill
Received 23 Jan 2009Three Gables, Crossings Road, Chapel en le Frith
Received 6 Oct 2004Shirebrook Town Park, Shirebrook, Derbyshire
Received 13 May 2013The Leys, 111 Derby Road, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RN
Received 14 Aug 2026Unit 11 Pye Bridge Industrial Estate,DE55 4NX
Received 11 Jul 2017Hayfield Waste Water Treatment Works, Swallow House Lane, Hayfield, High Peak,SK23
Received 20 Jun 2019land at 6 Alma Street, Melbourne
Received 21 Oct 2005Chapel Farm, Shardlow
Received 15 Jan 2004Dove Holes Transport Depot, Dove Holes
Received 25 Jan 2005Hilltop Infant and Nursery School, Wyaston Road, Ashbourne
Received 27 Feb 2008St Josephs Catholic & CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Calver Crescent,,S43 3LY
Received 12 Nov 2009Newbold Library, Windermere Road, Chesterfield,S41 8DU
Received 3 Aug 2010Cotmanhay Infant and Junior Schools, Beauvale Drive, Ilkeston,DE7 8RR
Received 17 Oct 2017Former Rail Cutting, Hazelmere Road, Creswell
Received 10 Sept 2008Carr Hill Farm, Cole Lane, Ockbrook
Received 22 May 2008Brookfield Community School, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield
Received 9 Sept 2004Dallimore Primary School, Dallimore Road, Kirk Hallam
Received 12 Oct 2004Hasland Hall Community School, Broomfield Avenue, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,S41 0LP
Received 23 Jan 2015Sure Start Childrens Centre, Beauvale Drive, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston,DE7 8RU
Received 27 Jun 20144 Bolsover Family Centre, High Street,S44 6HF
Received 17 Aug 2009Little Eaton Primary School Alfreton Road, DERBY, DE21 5AB
Received 18 Mar 2009Brockley Primary School, Clowne Road, Shuttlewood, Chesterfield
Received 14 Jun 2006Records 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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