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502 approved · 624 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Poplar Avenue Somersall Derbyshire S40 3JT
Received 26 May 2016Lodge Farm Westwood Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 26 May 2016St Thomas Church Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AW
Received 27 May 201634 Highfield Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AX
Received 27 May 2016Whittington Sewage Works Station Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 27 May 2016388 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 31 May 201647 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 31 May 2016HSBC Bank Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PJ
Received 1 Jun 201614 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 1 Jun 201610 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PY
Received 1 Jun 2016Land At Basil Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Jun 2016Proact Stadium 1866 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8NZ
Received 3 Jun 2016Internacionale 43 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RL
Received 3 Jun 201698 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AF
Received 3 Jun 2016Ruane Transport Services Ltd Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HY
Received 3 Jun 2016The Spital Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HL
Received 3 Jun 2016Duckmanton Primary School West Crescent Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HD
Received 3 Jun 201670 Vincent Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NP
Received 6 Jun 20164 Dorothy Vale Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DH
Received 6 Jun 2016A G W Electronics Adelphi Way Staveley Derbyshire S43 3LS
Received 6 Jun 2016The Wheatsheaf 74 Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8RJ
Received 6 Jun 201665 Smithfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PR
Received 6 Jun 2016Land At Upper King Street Brimington Derbyshire
Received 6 Jun 201631 Netherfield Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 7 Jun 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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