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.
510 approved · 634 refused · 242 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2013 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PL
Received 1 Sept 2016Lodge Farm Westwood Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 1 Sept 2016Wards Recycling Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HY
Received 1 Sept 20168 - 12 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Sept 201686 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JU
Received 5 Sept 2016Telecom Mast Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 5 Sept 20163 Headland Close Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QU
Received 5 Sept 201651 Langtree Avenue Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HW
Received 5 Sept 201666 St Johns Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QW
Received 6 Sept 201626 Riber Terrace Walton Walk Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2QF
Received 6 Sept 2016The Baden Powell Centre Victoria Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LP
Received 7 Sept 20161 Mayfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AJ
Received 7 Sept 2016Brierley Wood Track From District Boundary To Birch Hall Golf Club Unstone Derbyshire
Received 7 Sept 20161 Litton Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TD
Received 8 Sept 201625 Malvern Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DX
Received 8 Sept 20168 - 12 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 Sept 20168 - 12 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 Sept 2016Chesterfield Borough Council Town Hall Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LP
Received 9 Sept 20165 Kedleston Close Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8WB
Received 9 Sept 20161 Park Hall Gardens Walton Derbyshire S42 7NQ
Received 9 Sept 201648 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DY
Received 9 Sept 2016Land To The North West Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 12 Sept 201611 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 9QJ
Received 12 Sept 2016Tapi Carpets and Floors Wheatbridge Retail Park Wheatbridge Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AB
Received 13 Sept 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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