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520 approved · 642 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greycot Highfield Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7HB
Received 17 Jan 2017Brendon House Residential Home Brendon Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NJ
Received 18 Jan 2017491 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AE
Received 18 Jan 2017The Gables Netherthorpe Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PU
Received 18 Jan 2017Phoenix Brick Co Ltd The Brickworks Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PR
Received 18 Jan 2017Land Adjacent Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Jan 2017First and Second Floor 22 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Jan 201731 Netherfield Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 19 Jan 2017Raj News 115 - 117 Baden Powell Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2RL
Received 19 Jan 201733 Brookbank Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BA
Received 19 Jan 201738 Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XZ
Received 19 Jan 201798 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2LR
Received 19 Jan 20171 St Davids Rise Walton Derbyshire S40 3HD
Received 23 Jan 201798 Grangewood Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2TA
Received 23 Jan 2017Room 4 Over 2 - 4 Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TP
Received 23 Jan 2017Hagge Farm Unnamed Road Off Staveley Lane Near Hagge Farm Middle Handley Derbyshire S21 5RP
Received 24 Jan 2017135 Cordwell Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BN
Received 24 Jan 2017Brampton Primary School School Board Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DD
Received 27 Jan 20171 Hundall Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QT
Received 27 Jan 20179 Balmoak Lane Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TH
Received 24 Jan 2017Save The Children 5 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 27 Jan 2017596 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 27 Jan 201713 Shaftesbury Avenue Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HN
Received 30 Jan 2017100 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NH
Received 30 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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