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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Dovedale Primary School, Dovedale Avenue, Long Eaton,NG10 3HU
Received 21 Feb 2012Shardlow Quarry, Acre Lane, Aston on Trent, Derbyshire,DE72 2SP
Received 2 Aug 2011Slinter Top Quarry, Cromford
Received 3 Dec 2003Overfields Barn, Overfields Quarry, Pasture Lane, Matlock,DE4 4QA
Received 18 Apr 2018H W R C Manners Avenue, Ilkeston,DE7 8EF
Received 27 Jun 2013Chatsworth Hall, Chesterfield Road, Matlock,DE4 3FW
Received 28 Feb 2019land adjacent to "The Lilacs", Hopton
Received 16 Aug 200545 Sutton Spring Wood, Calow, Derbyshire, S44 5XF
Received 29 Sept 2026Buxton Junior School, Buxton,SK17 9DR
Received 17 Dec 2010104 Sandbed lane, Belper
Received 4 Nov 2003Heath Primary School, Heath Road, Heath
Received 30 Mar 2005Birk Hill Infant School, Chestnut Avenue,Eckington
Received 20 Nov 2008CUTTHORPE PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL HILL, CHESTERFIELD,S42 7AS
Received 19 Apr 2011Doe Lea Colliery - Mansfield Rd
Received 26 Mar 1999Ladycross Infant School, Victoria Road, Sandiacre
Received 11 Sept 20071 MAPLE CLOSE, SOUTH NORMANTON, DE55 3BH
Received 10 Jul 202520 Chatsworth Avenue, Long Eaton,NG10 2FL
Received 19 Jun 2017Crich Carr C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Hindersitch Lane, MATLOCK,
Received 3 Jun 2009Ambervale Resource Centre, Ripley Social Services Area Office, Cemetery Lane, Ri
Received 25 Sept 2007The Old Ironworks, Stanton Recycling Ltd, Crompton Road, Ilkeston,DE7 4BG
Received 15 Aug 2018Swarkestone Quarry, Twyford Road, Barrow on Trent,DE73 7HA
Received 19 Oct 20090 Matlock Bath Holy Trinity C of E Controlled Primary School Clifton Road, MATLO
Received 4 Nov 2008Veolia, Ellisons Road, Norwood Industrial Estate, Killamarsh,S21 2DR
Received 5 Jun 2017Sawley KS4 Support Centre, Mikado Road, Long Eaton,NG10 3GN
Received 17 Sept 2009Records 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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