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North East Derbyshire District Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

North East Derbyshire District Council decided more than 900 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 9% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 56 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on North East Derbyshire District 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 North East Derbyshire District Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from North East Derbyshire District 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 900
Share refusedof those approved or refused 9%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 56 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 100
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 25%about one in four
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 110plan adopted 2021

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on North East Derbyshire District Council’s planning applications.

  • “It is considered that the main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.”

    Allowed, 2026

  • “The main issues are: - Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt; - The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area and landscape; - The effect of the proposal on…”

    Dismissed, 2026

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

    Dismissed, 2026

  • “The main issues of the appeal are: • The effect of the proposal on biodiversity, • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (Framework) and any relevant development…”

    Dismissed, 2025

  • “The main issues are: • whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect on openness, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (‘the Framework’) (2023) and any relevant development plan policies; •…”

    Dismissed, 2024

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