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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Eckington School, Dronfield Road, Eckington
Received 2 Aug 2004Footpath 32, Holymoorside & Footpath 86, Chesterfield
Received 5 Apr 2013commencing adjacent to 234 Chesterfield Road, Temple Normanton
Received 29 May 2008Newton Solney Church Of England Infant School, Trent Lane, Newton Solney,DE15 0SF
Received 15 Oct 2018Belper Bridgefoot Pumping Station, Ashbourne Road, Belper,DE56
Received 3 Nov 2014New Mills Nursery School, Sett Close,,SK22 4AQ
Received 11 Jun 2009Parkside Community Junior School, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne
Received 9 Oct 2008Under land to the west of Westhorpe Village
Received 23 Sept 2003Loscoe C of E Primary School, Church View,Loscoe, Heanor,DE75 7RT
Received 16 Nov 2010Mercaston Pit Proposed Conveyor
Received 12 May 2004Dove Holes Quarry, Dale Road, Dove Holes,SK18 4JR
Received 6 Apr 201744 Woodland Way, Old Tupton, Derbyshire, S42 6JA
Received 9 Oct 2026Middleton Community Primary School, Main Street, Middleton,DE4 4LQ
Received 13 Sept 2011Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, South Derbyshire, DE65 6DW
Received 4 Jul 2023Horsley CE Primary School, Church Street, Horsley
Received 6 Jun 2005Brackenfield School, Bracken Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, NG10 4DA
Received 19 Dec 2024Alfreton Park Community Special School, Alfreton Park, ALFRETON,DE55 7AL
Received 28 Oct 2016Staveley Landfill Site, Hall Lane, Staveley,S43 3TP
Received 10 Nov 2011Unit 18 Manners Avenue Industrial Estate, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, , DE7 8EF,DE7 8EF
Received 3 Nov 2014Newhall Infant & Nursery School, Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote,DE11 0TJ
Received 10 Aug 2010Langley Infant School, Laceyfield Road, Langley
Received 19 Jan 2007Kilburn Infant School, The Flat, Belper,DE56 OLA
Received 28 Sept 2009Deincourt Community School, Chesterfield Road, North Wingfield, S42 5LE
Received 14 Sept 2006Anthony Bek Community Primary School, Rotherham Road, Pleasley,NG19 7PG
Received 25 Jan 2013Records 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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