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Erewash Borough Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Erewash Borough Council decided more than 640 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 8% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of – to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Erewash Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Erewash Borough Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Erewash Borough Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 640
Share refusedof those approved or refused 8%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date –middle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 3%of more than 200 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years 25
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 13%about one in seven
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 84plan adopted 2014

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Erewash Borough Council’s planning applications.

  • “It is considered that the main issue is whether the proposed development would be of a satisfactory standard of design.”

    Dismissed, 2026

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development upon highway safety.”

    Dismissed, 2025

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the Green Belt as follows: • Whether or not the proposed development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework)…”

    Dismissed, 2024

  • “The main issues are: • whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies; • the effect of the proposal on the…”

    Dismissed, 2023

  • “The main issue in this case is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2018

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.