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516 approved · 638 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Balmoak Lane Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TH
Received 31 Oct 2016Land Between 16 - 18 Eyre Street East Hasland Derbyshire
Received 31 Oct 2016482 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BD
Received 1 Nov 2016Land To South Of Unit 5 Pearson Trading Estate Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 27 Oct 201663 Moorland View Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DD
Received 1 Nov 2016A-Rock House 133 Baden Powell Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2RL
Received 2 Nov 201629 Cobden Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TD
Received 2 Nov 2016Land To The South Of 18 Thompson Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AR
Received 2 Nov 2016519 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AU
Received 7 Nov 201611 Castleton Grove Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3HU
Received 3 Nov 201623 Myrtle Grove Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LL
Received 3 Nov 2016Autoworld Suzuki Brimington Road North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AJ
Received 7 Nov 2016R Health Care Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 8NJ
Received 7 Nov 2016Dunston Grange Farm Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 9RJ
Received 2 Nov 2016Dunston Grange Farm Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 9RJ
Received 2 Nov 2016Land At Upper King Street Brimington Derbyshire
Received 8 Nov 2016Land To South Of Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Nov 2016Walton Hospital Visitors Car Park Whitecotes Lane Walton Derbyshire
Received 4 Nov 201628 Haddon Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BB
Received 4 Nov 2016Thorntons 45 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PA
Received 7 Nov 20164 Gleneagles Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3NE
Received 7 Nov 2016Thorntons 45 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PA
Received 7 Nov 20169 Woodvale Close Somersall S40 3LY
Received 7 Nov 2016Ashbrook Hostel Cuttholme Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4RD
Received 9 Nov 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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