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.
495 approved · 618 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Of Former Troughlee Club Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Derbyshire
Received 24 Mar 2016Land To North Of Green Farm High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 24 Mar 20162 Hartland Way Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HT
Received 24 Mar 2016Manor House 99 Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5JS
Received 24 Mar 2016East Barn Somersall Hall Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 29 Mar 2016Old Rectory Church Lane North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9OY
Received 1 Apr 2016Grove Farm Cottage 23 Grove Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QJ
Received 4 Apr 201610 Wigley Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3ER
Received 4 Apr 2016Unit 1 Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 1 Apr 2016Eriks Industrial Services Ltd Wyko Industrial Distribution Wharf Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NB
Received 1 Apr 201684 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QB
Received 31 Mar 2016Land To The Rear Of 572 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JS
Received 30 Mar 201616 Milton Crescent Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2TJ
Received 4 Apr 2016211 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 30 Mar 2016118 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HN
Received 4 Apr 2016185 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AP
Received 30 Mar 201621 - 23 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 29 Mar 2016Jacksons Bakery New Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HE
Received 29 Mar 2016Brampton Primary School School Board Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DD
Received 29 Mar 2016Land Adjacent To 24 Dovedale Avenue Inkersall Derbyshire
Received 5 Apr 2016Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 5 Apr 2016Land Adjacent To 11 Upland Rise Walton Derbyshire
Received 29 Mar 2016188 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NA
Received 5 Apr 201621 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LD
Received 7 Apr 2016Records 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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