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.
518 approved · 638 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
26A Circular Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3QX
Received 21 Nov 20165 Poplar Avenue Somersall Derbyshire S40 3JT
Received 21 Nov 201642 St Marys Gate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TH
Received 23 Nov 2016Red Lion 261 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BL
Received 23 Nov 201610 High Street Chesterfield S40 1PS
Received 23 Nov 201649 Compton Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TA
Received 23 Nov 201628 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 1RF
Received 24 Nov 20168 Thornbridge Crescent Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JH
Received 24 Nov 20162 Kendal Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HY
Received 24 Nov 2016Proposed Rillatech Unit Dunston Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Nov 20161 Tollbridge Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BL
Received 28 Nov 2016Cats Protection League 13 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 28 Nov 20163 Spire Heights Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TG
Received 28 Nov 201697 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BZ
Received 29 Nov 2016Land Adjacent Five Acres Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 29 Nov 201612 Glenavon Close New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2QG
Received 29 Nov 20165 Hazel Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 29 Nov 2016Site Of Former Haydon Concrete Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 29 Nov 2016Land Off William Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 29 Nov 201694 Tapton View Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7LA
Received 29 Nov 2016Former Gkn Sheepbridge Stokes Ltd Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9QD
Received 30 Nov 2016Colliery House Colliery Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QE
Received 1 Dec 20167 Stanford Way Walton Derbyshire S42 7NH
Received 2 Dec 201669 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 5 Dec 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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