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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lea Green Development & Conference Centre, Main Road, Matlock,,DE4 5GJ
Received 4 Mar 2010Swanwick Hall School, Alfreton,,DE55 1AE
Received 10 Mar 2010South Wingfield Primary School, Church Lane, South Wingfield
Received 7 Nov 2005Ockbrook and Borrowash Youth Centre, Ashbrook Avenue, Borrowash
Received 24 Dec 2003Frith Wood, CallyWhite Lane, Dronfield, S18 2XR
Received 9 Sept 20261 CHURCH VIEW, DERBY ROAD, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4FL
Received 12 Jan 2026Risley Lower Grammar C of E Controlled Primary School Derby Road, DE72 3S
Received 15 Apr 2009Dove Holes Quarry
Received 20 Feb 2002Mercaston Pit Complex
Received 4 Jun 1998Coppice Primary School, Roper Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire,DE75 7BZ
Received 9 Aug 2013Former Council yard, Mayfield Road, Ashbourne
Received 15 Oct 2004Bramley Vale Primary School, York Crescent, Doe Lea, Chesterfield,S44 5PF
Received 13 Jun 2014Hodthorpe Primary School, Queens Road, Hodthorpe, Derbyshire,S80 4UT
Received 8 Jan 2016Deincourt Community School, Chesterfield Road, North Wingfield,S42 5LE
Received 23 Aug 2013Brooklands Infant School, Clumber Street, Long Eaton
Received 24 Mar 2004Meadows Community School, 142 High Street, Old Whittington
Received 20 Sept 2004Williamthorpe Colliery Land Mansfield Road, Chesterfield
Received 18 Jun 2015Heathfield Nook Road, Harpur Hill, Buxton,SK17 9PW
Received 12 Mar 2019Buxton Community School, College Road, Buxton, Derbyshire,SK17 9EA
Received 2 Oct 2015Communal land on south side of 28-45 The Firs, Ashbourne, DE6 1HE
Received 11 Aug 2026Alfreton MRF & WTS, Cotes Park lane, Alfreton,DE55 4NJ
Received 16 Dec 2013Lea Primary School, Church Street, Lea, Matlock,DE4 5JP
Received 15 May 2015Brigg Infant School, South Street, South Normanton, Derbyshire,DE55 2DA
Received 8 Jan 2015Lenthall Infants School, Marsh Avenue, Dronfield,S18 2HB
Received 9 Feb 2015Records 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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