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.
477 approved · 609 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Spital Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HL
Received 26 Nov 2015Lloyds TSB Bank 30 Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LR
Received 26 Nov 20151 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 27 Nov 20151 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 27 Nov 2015Kenning Car Van and Truck Rental Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 7UW
Received 30 Nov 2015The Elm Tree Inn High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 27 Nov 201525 Newbridge Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9JQ
Received 30 Nov 201516 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 23 Nov 2015Glebe House Hall Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TP
Received 23 Nov 2015Land Adjacent Unit 17 Dunston Trading Estate Foxwood Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Nov 2015662 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 23 Nov 201521 Infirmary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NF
Received 1 Dec 2015The Railway Sidings Pottery Lane East Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BH
Received 1 Dec 2015121 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NH
Received 2 Dec 2015Land Adjacent 102 Brooke Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Dec 201515 Moorhay Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8XF
Received 2 Dec 2015Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 2 Dec 2015Lodge Farm Westwood Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 2 Dec 2015University Of Derby St Helena Centre Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LS
Received 2 Dec 2015SU 14 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Dec 2015Chanders Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3HA
Received 3 Dec 201574 Morris Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BA
Received 4 Dec 2015Site Of Former Sheepbridge Sports and Social Club Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 4 Dec 2015Keats Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 4 Dec 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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