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.
467 approved · 605 refused · 232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
89 Ashcroft Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9PE
Received 23 Jul 2015Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Jul 201511 Cavendish Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XA
Received 24 Jul 20157 Birch Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2JZ
Received 24 Jul 2015Dunston Inn Dunston Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8HA
Received 24 Jul 2015Riverdale Residential Home Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LL
Received 15 Jul 2015151A Boythorpe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2ND
Received 27 Jul 201581 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HF
Received 27 Jul 20157 Cuttholme Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4RF
Received 27 Jul 201555 Foxbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 27 Jul 2015Land Adjacent To 34 Greenbank Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Jul 2015Mercedes Benz Lockoford Lane Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JB
Received 23 Jul 2015184 Hasland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0AG
Received 23 Jul 2015Lloyds TSB 27 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PJ
Received 24 Jul 2015Land At Former Oxcroft Stocking Ground, East Of Woodthorpe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Jul 2015Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 28 Jul 201512 Packers Row Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RB
Received 28 Jul 2015Waste Transfer Station Griffin Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Jul 2015Waste Transfer Station Griffin Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Jul 2015Ash Lodge 73 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QY
Received 28 Jul 201594 Langer Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JJ
Received 28 Jul 20157 Walton Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QQ
Received 28 Jul 2015Land At Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 29 Jul 2015341 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 29 Jul 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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