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502 approved · 623 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
St Thomas Church Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AW
Received 4 May 2016Chesterfield Model Engineering Society The Clubhouse Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 5 May 2016Garden To Rear Of 68 Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 May 2016Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PN
Received 5 May 2016National Westminster Bank 5 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TW
Received 5 May 2016ATM St James Square Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 May 20163 Quantock Way Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LL
Received 5 May 20166 Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LW
Received 6 May 2016Rear Of 246 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AW
Received 9 May 2016225 Newbold Road Chesterfield S41 7AB
Received 10 May 2016Land Adjacent 33 Westmoor Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 10 May 201653 Highfield Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AU
Received 9 May 201673 Highfield Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7HS
Received 10 May 201681 Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3XH
Received 12 May 201649 Woodmere Drive Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9TE
Received 12 May 201646 Howard Drive Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JU
Received 12 May 2016340 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PP
Received 12 May 2016Telecommunication Mast Adjacent To The Former Goldminers Arms Littlemoor Newbold Derbyshire
Received 13 May 2016Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 13 May 2016Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 13 May 2016Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 13 May 2016Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 13 May 2016St Helena Centre Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield S41 7LS
Received 16 May 2016The Chantry 39 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 13 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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