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.
476 approved · 609 refused · 234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2013 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Mansfeldt Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7BW
Received 13 Oct 2015261 Walton Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7AA
Received 13 Oct 2015215 Hady Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0DA
Received 14 Oct 20151 - 20 West View Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3XP
Received 13 Oct 2015Chesterfield College Infirmary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NG
Received 14 Oct 20156 Rye Flatt Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RU
Received 15 Oct 2015678 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 16 Oct 2015King George V Playing Field Inkersall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Oct 201521 Hawthorn Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JS
Received 19 Oct 2015Hasland Playhouse Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PW
Received 19 Oct 2015Chesterfield and District Co-Operative Society Elder Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UR
Received 19 Oct 2015Moorlea Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JE
Received 16 Oct 201514 Ashgate Valley Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AX
Received 20 Oct 201550 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 16 Oct 20152 Boundary Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UD
Received 22 Oct 2015216 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QW
Received 23 Oct 201525 Somersall Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 23 Oct 2015Old Hall Junior School Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 22 Oct 2015Industrial Ancillaries Harper Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5JX
Received 26 Oct 2015226 Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TQ
Received 26 Oct 201594B Middlecroft Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3NG
Received 26 Oct 2015Unit 5A Devonshire Industrial Hamlet Station Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1JU
Received 26 Oct 2015The Lodge 177 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LH
Received 26 Oct 2015The Lodge 177 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LH
Received 26 Oct 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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