North East Derbyshire

In the last 12 months, 93.0% of householder applications were approved in North East Derbyshire (213 decided). A typical householder decision takes about nine weeks (median 61 days).

Full planning applications: 90.6% approved (149 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-05-02–2026-07-02): 90.2% of 2,312 decisions approved.

2,996Total applications
2,086Approved
226Refused
112Withdrawn
383Pending
90.2%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
2,988Not Available
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 801 742 59
92.6%
Full Planning Application 484 406 78
83.9%
Discharge of Conditions 332 328 4
98.8%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 178 178 0
100.0%
Tree Works (TPO) 143 129 14
90.2%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 103 99 4
96.1%
Prior Approval (Other) 41 31 10
75.6%
Listed Building Consent 32 28 4
87.5%
Reserved Matters 26 26 0
100.0%
Advertisement Consent 25 22 3
88.0%
Outline Planning 24 19 5
79.2%
Householder (Prior Approval) 24 24 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 22 2 20
9.1%
County/Minerals/Waste 13 12 1
92.3%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 12 4 8
33.3%
Demolition 11 10 1
90.9%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 10 1 9
10.0%
Full Planning (Major) 8 8 0
100.0%
NATIONAL PARK 8 7 1
87.5%
AGRICULTURAL FULL DETAILS 4 3 1
75.0%
Enforcement 3 1 2
33.3%
PLANNING IN PRINCIPLE 2 1 1
50.0%
Prior Approval (Class MA — Commercial to Residential) 2 2 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 2 2 0
100.0%
Hedgerow Removal 1 0 1
0.0%
Uncategorised 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 143 125
87.4%
2023-Q4 208 191
91.8%
2024-Q1 198 176
88.9%
2024-Q2 208 190
91.3%
2024-Q3 228 207
90.8%
2024-Q4 228 193
84.6%
2025-Q1 170 155
91.2%
2025-Q2 222 198
89.2%
2025-Q3 182 172
94.5%
2025-Q4 208 193
92.8%
2026-Q1 213 192
90.1%
2026-Q2 77 71
92.2%
2026-Q3 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Ashover Ward 176 152 24
86.4%
Shirland Ward 166 151 15
91.0%
Clay Cross North Ward 149 144 5
96.6%
Dronfield South Ward 148 141 7
95.3%
Brampton And Walton Ward 145 117 28
80.7%
Pilsley And Morton Ward 138 128 10
92.8%
Ridgeway And Marsh Lane Ward 138 113 25
81.9%
Wingerworth Ward 128 121 7
94.5%
Barlow And Holmesfield Ward 113 92 21
81.4%
Sutton Ward 102 98 4
96.1%
Gosforth Valley Ward 98 87 11
88.8%
Tupton Ward 95 92 3
96.8%
Planning guides

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