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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
WALTON ON TRENT CE VC PRIMARY SCHOOL, COTON ROAD, WALTON-ON-TRENT,DE12 8NL
Received 21 Jun 2011Tibshelf Community School, Doe Hill Lane, Tibshelf, DE55 5LZ
Received 25 Oct 2022Former Allotment Site, off Main Road, Unstone
Received 5 Aug 2004Rear of Footpath, Jubilee Court, Belper
Received 31 Oct 2007Parkwood Centre, Alfreton, Derbyshire,DE55 7AL
Received 24 Jan 2014Kedleston Road, Quarndon
Received 9 Nov 2007Alfreton Sewage Treatment Works, Park Lane, Alfreton, Derbyshire
Received 20 Dec 2017John King Infant School, Church Street West, Pinxton, Notts,NG16 6NB
Received 8 Nov 2013HIGH VIEW, 80 B, MAIN ROAD, SMALLEY, ILKESTON, DE7 6EF
Received 3 Jul 2025Breadsall Behavioural Support Centre, Brookside Road, Breadsall
Received 22 Aug 2007Holmewood Family Centre, Heath Road, Holmewood
Received 22 Jan 2008Howitt Primary Community School, Holmes Street, Heanor, Derbyshire,DE75 7FS
Received 27 Jun 2013Howitt Primary Community School, Holmes Street, Heanor,DE75 7FS
Received 15 Dec 2016Drakelow Power Station
Received 10 Nov 2004Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, the Green Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
Received 29 Apr 2005Peak Dale Sewage Treatment Works
Received 22 Sept 2003Willington Quarry, Egginton
Received 29 Nov 2005Mary Swanwick Primary School, Church Street North, Chesterfield,S41 9QW
Received 30 Nov 2010Somercotes Infant School, Nottingham Road, Alfreton,DE55 4LY
Received 15 Aug 2014Apollo Engineering, off Derby Road, Marehay, Ripley
Received 5 Aug 2005Killamarsh Junior School, Sheffield Road, Killamarsh,S21 2EA
Received 10 May 2013Parkwood Centre, Alfreton Park, Alfreton DE55 7AL
Received 21 Sept 20063 Temple View, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6PG
Received 9 Oct 2026Woodville Teachers and Youth Centre, Moira Road, Woodville
Received 5 Dec 2007Records 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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