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.
516 approved · 638 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 17 Oct 2016134 Moorland View Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DF
Received 17 Oct 2016Unit 1 Cavendish Business Park Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 19 Oct 20163 Corve Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4YA
Received 19 Oct 201661 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1BA
Received 19 Oct 2016Grass Verge Opposite 164 and 166 Burnbridge Road Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 19 Oct 2016Vicar Lane Shopping Development Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Oct 201611 Woodland Walk Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4YB
Received 19 Oct 201641 Avondale Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3EQ
Received 19 Oct 20166 Woodside Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4PW
Received 20 Oct 2016Trading Post 875 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9EQ
Received 21 Oct 20161 Future Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 5PF
Received 24 Oct 2016Robinsons Caravans Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 24 Oct 201612 Lathkill Avenue Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3JA
Received 24 Oct 2016146 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HN
Received 24 Oct 201668 Station Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9NS
Received 25 Oct 2016Booker Cash and Carry Burley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2UB
Received 26 Oct 2016Plot 1B Markham Vale Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 26 Oct 2016Avondale Surgery 3 - 5 Avondale Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TF
Received 26 Oct 201661 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1BA
Received 26 Oct 20168 Tunstall Way Walton Derbyshire S40 2RH
Received 26 Oct 2016Land To Rear Of 109 Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 28 Oct 201641 Holme Park Avenue Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8XB
Received 28 Oct 2016Unit Adjacent To Unit 3 Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 28 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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