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.
502 approved · 622 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Westwood Lane Brimington Chesterfeld Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 25 Apr 2016Coalite Roundabout Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Markham Vale Environment Centre Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Junction 29A Southbound Junction Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Junction 29A Northbound Junction Erin Road Poolsbrook Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Junction 29A Northbound Junction Erin Road Poolsbrook Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Adelphi Way Junction Meadows Drive Staveley Derbyshire
Received 26 Apr 2016Roundabout At Ireland Close Junction Fan Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Duke Street Junction Lowgates Staveley Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Doughnut Roundabout Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Roundabout At Ireland Close Junction Hall Lane Staveley Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 2016Land Adjacent 95 - 97 Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 27 Apr 2016Lidl Foljambe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NN
Received 28 Apr 201653 Rutland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1ND
Received 27 Apr 201614 - 16 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RR
Received 27 Apr 201610 Loxley Close Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DQ
Received 28 Apr 201625 Wimborne Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PT
Received 28 Apr 2016Ravensworth 30 Markham Road Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HP
Received 28 Apr 201625 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NG
Received 29 Apr 2016St Marys RC Primary School Cross Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4ST
Received 29 Apr 2016123 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JT
Received 3 May 201632 Pennine Way Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4ND
Received 2 May 201626 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PF
Received 4 May 2016101 Whitecotes Lane Walton Derbyshire S40 3HJ
Received 4 May 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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