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.
523 approved · 644 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 6 Mar 2017Land Adjacent Bowling Green New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 6 Mar 2017Crewe Cottage Unnamed Road From Balmoak Lane To Manor / Tapton Cottages Chesterfield S43 1QQ
Received 6 Mar 20179 Hazel Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 6 Mar 201741 School Board Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1ET
Received 6 Mar 2017108 Peveril Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8SG
Received 13 Mar 2017159 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HG
Received 16 Mar 201748 Greenside Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8SD
Received 6 Mar 201712 Devonshire Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JQ
Received 6 Mar 2017Green & Benz 6 Glumangate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TP
Received 7 Mar 201728 Dukes Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QG
Received 7 Mar 2017International Drilling Services Ltd Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 7 Mar 2017Site Of Former Sheepbridge Sports and Social Club 202 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 7 Mar 201714 Queen Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SF
Received 7 Mar 201731 Netherfield Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 8 Mar 2017Land Adjacent 95 - 97 Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 8 Mar 2017176 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ER
Received 9 Mar 2017Pavillion and Land Off The Green Hasland Derbyshire
Received 9 Mar 2017136 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EF
Received 10 Mar 2017Birch Hall Golf Club Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S18 4DB
Received 10 Mar 2017Market Hall Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AR
Received 10 Mar 201724 Westfield Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RS
Received 10 Mar 2017Plot 13 Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 13 Mar 201745 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EA
Received 13 Mar 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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