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.
513 approved · 637 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Oaklands 25A Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 27 Sept 2016Dunston Park Farm Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RW
Received 6 Oct 2016Land Adj 877 Sheffield Road Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9EQ
Received 6 Oct 201619 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LD
Received 6 Oct 20161 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 7 Oct 201698 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2LR
Received 7 Oct 2016Land North-East Of Sainsburys Roundabout Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Oct 2016572 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JS
Received 10 Oct 2016570 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JS
Received 10 Oct 2016Brambling House Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EG
Received 10 Oct 2016Walton Hospital Whitecotes Lane Walton Derbyshire S40 3HN
Received 10 Oct 2016Land To The East Of Lodge Close Brimington S43 1PB
Received 12 Oct 2016275 High Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AP
Received 12 Oct 2016Unit 15 Foxwood Industrial Park Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RN
Received 12 Oct 2016Chesterfield Orthodontics South Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SZ
Received 3 Oct 2016Careline 9 and 9A Wensley Way Staveley Derbyshire S43 3NP
Received 13 Oct 2016Land To The Rear Of 6 Cheedale Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Oct 2016Land Off William Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 10 Oct 201611 Meadow View Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LT
Received 14 Oct 2016Masonic Hall 72 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JR
Received 14 Oct 2016140 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LE
Received 14 Oct 20169 - 15 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 17 Oct 2016Plot 1 South Markham Vale Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 17 Oct 20162 Fenland Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RH
Received 17 Oct 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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