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520 approved · 642 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lidl Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LX
Received 10 Jan 2017568 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JS
Received 11 Jan 201732 Greenways Walton Derbyshire S40 3HF
Received 11 Jan 20174 Chestnut Drive Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LZ
Received 11 Jan 2017118 High Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AL
Received 11 Jan 201710 Ringwood Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 11 Jan 201732 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PZ
Received 12 Jan 2017128 Kirkstone Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HE
Received 12 Jan 20171 Branton Close Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2NL
Received 12 Jan 2017Portland Close Properties Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NX
Received 12 Jan 201763 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 13 Jan 20173 Salisbury Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PR
Received 13 Jan 201717 Larch Way Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EU
Received 13 Jan 201793 Gloucester Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EF
Received 16 Jan 2017392 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 16 Jan 2017Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 10 Feb 201726 Blandford Drive Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8QT
Received 16 Jan 20175 Pine View Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DN
Received 16 Jan 2017Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 16 Jan 2017Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 17 Jan 2017McDonalds Restaurant Ltd Unit 5 Alma Leisure Park Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EZ
Received 17 Jan 2017McDonalds Restaurant Ltd Unit 5 Alma Leisure Park Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EZ
Received 17 Jan 201719 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LD
Received 17 Jan 201716 Morris Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BA
Received 17 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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