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.
520 approved · 642 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
158 & 160 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NW
Received 19 Dec 201612 Broadoaks Close Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EW
Received 20 Dec 2016Light Box On Bus Shelter Wheatbridge Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Dec 2016Land Opposite Oaks Farm Markham Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 20 Dec 2016Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 16 Dec 20168 Kingsmede Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EG
Received 20 Dec 201624 Lichfield Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3EZ
Received 21 Dec 2016British Home Stores 29 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 22 Dec 2016113 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JT
Received 22 Dec 201624 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 22 Dec 2016Land Adjacent To 21 Clarence Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Dec 2016Land Adjacent Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Dec 2016Site Of Former Newbold Community School Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 23 Dec 201644 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PL
Received 29 Dec 2016The Elm Tree Inn High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 22 Dec 2016Former Chesterfield Cylinders Site Derby Road Birdholme Derbyshire
Received 30 Dec 20165 Breckland Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3LJ
Received 30 Dec 20169 Thornbridge Crescent Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JH
Received 3 Jan 201738 Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XZ
Received 4 Jan 201743 Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BT
Received 5 Jan 2017Double Top Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3HA
Received 6 Jan 20171 Green Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SH
Received 6 Jan 2017Lidl Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LX
Received 9 Jan 201713 George Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HG
Received 10 Jan 2017Records 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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