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520 approved · 642 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
108 Highland Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 27 Jan 201746 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PL
Received 31 Jan 2017Lodge Farm Westwood Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 30 Jan 2017Plot 5 Markham Vale Environment Centre Harper Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HY
Received 31 Jan 201750 Whittington Hill Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HA
Received 31 Jan 2017Proposed Bus Shelter Winnats Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 31 Jan 201735 Wayside Court Brimington Derbyshire S43 1BS
Received 31 Jan 2017Holywell House Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 1 Feb 2017Erin Landfill Site Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 31 Jan 20171 Tennyson Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SN
Received 1 Feb 20177 Myrtle Grove Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LN
Received 1 Feb 2017Sainsburys Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0UB
Received 2 Feb 201710 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 2 Feb 2017Land At Whittington Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire
Received 2 Feb 2017Holywell Annexe Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 3 Feb 2017267 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 6 Feb 201726 Highfield Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AX
Received 6 Feb 2017Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 6 Feb 201738 Ashover Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3EG
Received 6 Feb 201788 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JJ
Received 7 Feb 2017Former Unit 26 Storforth Lane Trading Estate Circular Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0QQ
Received 7 Feb 2017317 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NU
Received 7 Feb 2017Holywell Annexe Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 3 Feb 2017Unit 3 and Unit 4 Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 7 Feb 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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