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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Vital Earth Derby Ltd, Blenheim Road, Ashbourne,,DE6 1HA
Received 9 Apr 2009Etwall Recycling Facility
Received 6 May 2004Peak Waste Recycling Ltd, Wood lane, Kniveton, Ashbourne,DE6 1JF
Received 2 May 2008Shardlow Quarry, Acre Lane, Shardlow, DE72 2SP
Received 24 Aug 2016Westwood Brook Sewage Treatment Works, Road off High Street, Shirland and Higham Civil Parish, Northeast Derbyshire, Stonebroom, DE55 6JT
Received 4 Dec 2024Copthorne Community Infant School, Rodgers Lane,Alfreton
Received 18 Feb 2003Unit 2-3, Burley Close, Turnoaks Business Park, Chesterfield,S40 2HA
Received 18 May 2015Hasland Infant School ,Eyre Street East, Chesterfield,S41 0PE
Received 20 Jul 2010Wirksworth C of E Controlled Infant School, North End, Wirksworth,DE4 4FG
Received 13 Sept 2012Land adjacent to 26 Brickfield Street, Padfield, Glossop,SK13 1DZ
Received 3 Feb 2017Granville Community School, Burton Road, Woodville, SWADLINCOTE,DE11 7JR
Received 24 Mar 2017Greenacre Avenue, Heanor
Received 30 Mar 2005Milford Community Primary School, Chevin Road, Milford, Belper,DE56 0QH
Received 23 Jul 2018Land and minerals located at Grangemill Quarry, Grangemill, near Wirksworth
Received 9 Mar 2016Hayfield Primary School, Swallow House Lane,Hayfield
Received 16 Mar 2005Morley Primary School, Main Road, Morley, DE7 6DF
Received 12 Feb 2009Transfer Station, Hallam Fields Road, Ilkeston, DE7 4AZ
Received 29 May 2009Parkside Community School, Boythorpe Avenue, Chesterfield
Received 23 Nov 2005Aston on Trent Primary School, Long Croft, Aston on Trent
Received 27 Sept 2007Willington Primary School, Trent Avenue, Willington
Received 1 Feb 2005Ridgeway Primary School, Main Road, Ridgeway,Sheffield,S12 3XR
Received 23 Nov 2012The Bolsover School, Mooracre Lane, Bolsover,S44 6XA
Received 18 Oct 2010Footpath 32, Holymoorside & Footpath 86, Chesterfield
Received 5 Apr 2013Sure Start Day Nursey, High Street/Stretton Road, Clay Cross, Derbyshire
Received 6 May 2005Records 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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