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.
482 approved · 615 refused · 237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Littlemoor Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QJ
Received 29 Dec 2015Holy Trinity Rectory 31 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 29 Dec 201522 Foston Drive Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SJ
Received 30 Dec 2015Former Walton Works Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BN
Received 30 Dec 2015122 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JA
Received 30 Dec 201530 Brookside Bar Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PJ
Received 4 Jan 2016Land At Former Oxcroft Stocking Ground East Of Woodthorpe Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 5 Jan 201644 The Meadows Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JY
Received 6 Jan 2016Viridor Waste Management M1 Commerce Park Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 7 Jan 201619 Linden Park Grove Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HY
Received 8 Jan 201622 Worksop Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3DN
Received 8 Jan 2016M1 Commerce Park Harper Way Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 8 Jan 2016Royal Oak 1 The Shambles Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PX
Received 8 Jan 2016Royal Oak 1 The Shambles Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PX
Received 8 Jan 2016Foxlow Tip and Land Adjacent Breck Lane Barrow Hill Derbyshire
Received 8 Jan 201616 - 18 South Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1QX
Received 11 Jan 201627A Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AG
Received 12 Jan 201612 Kennet Vale Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EW
Received 12 Jan 20161 Treeneuk Gardens Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FH
Received 12 Jan 20166 Browning Court Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QN
Received 12 Jan 2016Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 13 Jan 201651 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EA
Received 13 Jan 2016Land Between 34 and 38 Lake View Avenue Walton Derbyshire
Received 14 Jan 20167 Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RW
Received 14 Jan 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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