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.
483 approved · 617 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Seymour Lane Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3DA
Received 18 Jan 2016Wetherspoons West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PB
Received 14 Jan 2016Handleywood Farm Whittington Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PW
Received 15 Jan 201637A High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 19 Jan 2016215 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 19 Jan 2016Peak End Cottage Cottage Plover Hill Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 20 Jan 2016London Boroughs Estate Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 Jan 2016668 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 20 Jan 201611 Stanwood Drive Walton Derbyshire S42 7NT
Received 20 Jan 201695A Foljambe Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EY
Received 20 Jan 2016Double Top Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3HA
Received 20 Jan 2016Land At Pond Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Jan 2016Land Adjacent Five Acres Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jan 2016678 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 25 Jan 2016Langdale Lodge 56 Selhurst Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7HR
Received 25 Jan 201616 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 25 Jan 2016Sixt Car Hire Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 7UG
Received 25 Jan 2016Lodge Farm Westwood Lane Brimington Common Chesterfield S43 1PA
Received 25 Jan 201640 Rayleigh Avenue Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JP
Received 25 Jan 2016Land To The Rear Of and Including 146 - 150 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jan 2016Lodge Farm Westwood Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 26 Jan 2016Plot 1 South Markham Vale Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 26 Jan 20163 Treeneuk Gardens Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FH
Received 26 Jan 2016Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 27 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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