Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chesterfield Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
462 approved · 605 refused · 229 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Dec 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Plot 1 North M1 Commerce Park Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 14 Apr 2015Plot 1 North M1 Commerce Park Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 14 Apr 201552 Highfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AS
Received 15 Apr 20151 Trevose Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PT
Received 15 Apr 2015SU 14 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Apr 201571 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 16 Apr 2015Robinsons Caravans Ltd Ringwood Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 16 Apr 20155 Deben Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HE
Received 16 Apr 2015University Of Derby St Helena Centre Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LS
Received 17 Apr 201521 Caxton Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EA
Received 17 Apr 2015154 Church Street North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 17 Apr 2015East Lodge Boythorpe Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2NX
Received 17 Apr 2015291 Walton Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7AA
Received 17 Apr 2015University Of Derby St Helena Centre Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LS
Received 20 Apr 2015Football Pitches Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Apr 201529 Lichfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EZ
Received 20 Apr 2015Land Adjacent To 2 Prospect Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Apr 2015Rear Of Peel House Brimington Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Apr 2015Chesterfield and District Crematorium Chesterfield Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1AU
Received 21 Apr 2015Winding Wheel Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 22 Apr 2015Chatsworth Business Park Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Apr 201576 Keswick Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8HN
Received 23 Apr 20152 Wheathill Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JZ
Received 23 Apr 201544 Worksop Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3DJ
Received 23 Apr 2015Records 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 Chesterfield Borough 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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