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.
490 approved · 618 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adjoining 20 Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 8 Mar 2016Brockwell Nursery and Infant School Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NP
Received 8 Mar 2016119 Peveril Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8SG
Received 9 Mar 2016Land To South Of Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 Mar 2016Land To Rear Of 4 Roecar Close Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 9 Mar 2016Nancys Motor Spares Duke Street Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9AD
Received 9 Mar 20162 - 8 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 7 Mar 201638 Compass Crescent Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LY
Received 8 Mar 20162 Morris Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BB
Received 9 Mar 2016The Tractor and Trailer 799 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9EQ
Received 9 Mar 2016Yorkshire Building Society 13 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PF
Received 10 Mar 2016Yorkshire Building Society 13 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PF
Received 9 Mar 2016162 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LU
Received 10 Mar 201625 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JQ
Received 10 Mar 2016Land To Rear Of 554 - 568 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Mar 2016Chatsworth Business Park Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Mar 2016Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 10 Mar 201610 Mayfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AJ
Received 14 Mar 2016Trust Carpets Dunston Trading Estate Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RF
Received 11 Mar 201614 Brookside Bar Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PJ
Received 15 Mar 201672 Vincent Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NP
Received 15 Mar 2016Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 16 Mar 201615 Balmoak Lane Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TH
Received 16 Mar 201670 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NH
Received 18 Mar 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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