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.
503 approved · 625 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
503 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AE
Received 28 Jun 201675 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 28 Jun 2016325 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 28 Jun 2016Proact Stadium 1866 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8NZ
Received 29 Jun 2016Patrick Hinds House Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 30 Jun 2016200 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AL
Received 30 Jun 2016Land At Cheedale Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 Jun 20166 - 8 Avenue Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire
Received 30 Jun 2016Chesterfield Borough Council Town Hall Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LP
Received 15 Jun 2016Plot 1 South Markham Vale Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 1 Jul 201688 Ringwood Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QZ
Received 1 Jul 2016Sevens 16 - 18 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 1 Jul 2016Jones & Co Capital House 27 Glumangate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TX
Received 1 Jul 2016Ringwood Hall Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DQ
Received 5 Jul 2016Ringwood Hall Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DQ
Received 5 Jul 201624 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 6 Jul 201624 Roecar Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9PN
Received 6 Jul 2016Colliery House Colliery Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QE
Received 6 Jul 201610 Welwyn Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HH
Received 6 Jul 2016Plot 1 South Markham Vale Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 6 Jul 201633 Circular Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QX
Received 7 Jul 2016Chesterfield and District Crematorium Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1AU
Received 6 Jul 2016Penmore Allotments Penmore Gardens Hasland Derbyshire S41 0TY
Received 7 Jul 20165 Penmore Close Hasland Derbyshire S41 0SH
Received 8 Jul 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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