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.
499 approved · 622 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JU
Received 20 Apr 2016Lidl Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LX
Received 20 Apr 201619 Sedbergh Crescent Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8DY
Received 19 Apr 201648 York Street Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PN
Received 22 Apr 2016575 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AA
Received 15 Apr 2016195 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BE
Received 22 Apr 2016668 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 22 Apr 201648 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DY
Received 22 Apr 20161 - 4 Gisborne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Apr 201668 Norwood Avenue Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0NH
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Linacre Road Junction Loundsley Green Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Land Adjacent To 2 Hathern Close Brimington Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Loundsley Green Road Junction Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016West Bars Roundabout West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Markham Road Junction Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Chesterfield Road Junction Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Lockoford Lane Junction Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Hornsbridge Island Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Whittington Moor Roundabout Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Holbrook Farm Renishaw Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3DW
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Walton Road Junction Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Lockoford Road Junction Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Foxwood Way Junction Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Boythorpe Road Junction Whitecotes Lane Walton Derbyshire
Received 25 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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