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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2,864 approved · 69 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Codnor Community Primary School (Church of England Controlled), White Gates, Ripley,DE5 9QD
Received 2 Oct 2015Hunloke Park primary School, Lodge Drive, Wingerworth
Received 12 Jan 2007The former Clay Cross Junior School, Market Street, Clay Cross, Derbyshire,S45 9JE
Received 26 Feb 2016POLYGON CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, ALFRETON, DE55 7AH
Received 8 May 2026Somerlea Park Junior School, Bank Street, Somercotes
Received 18 Jul 2005Ripley Nursery School, Sandham Lane
Received 17 Jul 2003Land At Alfreton Park, Alfreton Park, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7AP
Received 26 Aug 2020Hague Bar Primary School, Lower Hague, High Peak,SK22 3AP
Received 31 Aug 201076 LONGEDGE LANE, WINGERWORTH, S42 6PQ
Received 6 Aug 2026Parkwood Senior Training Centre, Alfreton Park, Alfreton
Received 10 Sept 2008Creswell C of E Infant & Nursery School, Gypsy Lane, Creswell, Derbyshire,S80 4HY
Received 15 Jun 2010BRACKENFIELD SPECIAL SCHOOL, BRACKEN ROAD, LONG EATON, NG10 4DA
Received 14 Jun 20212 CARR VILLAS, DALE ROAD NORTH, DARLEY DALE, DE4 2HY
Received 26 Feb 2026Swarkestone Quarry, Twyford Road, Barrow on Trent, Derbyshire,,DE73 7HA
Received 14 Nov 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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