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.
508 approved · 630 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Worksop Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3BN
Received 28 Jul 2016The Orchard House 8 Ashdown Drive Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2NP
Received 28 Jul 2016678 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 28 Jul 20164 Littlemoor Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QJ
Received 29 Jul 2016City Farm Unnamed Road From Dark Lane To City Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QQ
Received 29 Jul 2016Site Of Former Newbold Community School Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 1 Aug 2016Beechers Brook 32 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 1 Aug 20161 Church Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JG
Received 1 Aug 2016130 Mansfield Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JQ
Received 2 Aug 201659 St Augustines Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2SA
Received 2 Aug 20162 Spencer Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SD
Received 2 Aug 2016Land Adjacent Former School House Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3NQ
Received 2 Aug 201631 Netherfield Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 3 Aug 2016151A Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QL
Received 3 Aug 2016Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 4 Aug 2016Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 4 Aug 20161 Woodnook Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JB
Received 4 Aug 2016Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 4 Aug 20161 Miriam Avenue Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NF
Received 4 Aug 2016Chesterfield and District Model Engineering Society Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire
Received 5 Aug 2016Plot 1 South Markham Vale Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 5 Aug 2016177 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QL
Received 5 Aug 2016Vicar Lane Shopping Development Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 8 Aug 2016Old Rectory Guest House 8 Church Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TL
Received 8 Aug 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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