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510 approved · 634 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Cobden Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TD
Received 13 Sept 201621 - 23 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 14 Sept 2016Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Sept 2016Unit 3 Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WG
Received 14 Sept 2016Unit 4 Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WG
Received 14 Sept 201644 Almond Place Brimington Derbyshire S43 1AG
Received 14 Sept 20163 Eyre Street East Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PE
Received 15 Sept 2016Eyre Chapel Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8RJ
Received 15 Sept 2016Land Adjacent 135 Cordwell Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BN
Received 16 Sept 2016Fields Farm Barn Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 9RP
Received 16 Sept 201630 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PF
Received 19 Sept 20163 Albion Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NB
Received 19 Sept 2016Former Goldminers Arms Littlemoor Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QQ
Received 14 Sept 20161A Inkerman Cottages Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BP
Received 20 Sept 201627 Brushfield Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XF
Received 20 Sept 201610 Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1AD
Received 19 Sept 2016100 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2LR
Received 20 Sept 201655 Station Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2HR
Received 20 Sept 2016Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 21 Sept 2016Dryhurst House Sycamore Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5DX
Received 21 Sept 2016Brockhill Court Chapel Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HZ
Received 22 Sept 2016Field Adjacent To 351 Worksop Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire
Received 22 Sept 2016Plot 2 and 3 Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Sept 201614 Langtree Avenue Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HP
Received 23 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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