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.
524 approved · 645 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Franklyn Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AY
Received 13 Mar 2017Mary Swanwick Primary School Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QW
Received 13 Mar 2017Tapton Lock Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JB
Received 13 Mar 2017Proposed Telecommunications Mast At Loundsley Green Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Mar 20178 Rodge Croft Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9RE
Received 14 Mar 2017Land Adjacent 31 Manor Drive Brimington Derbyshire
Received 14 Mar 201731 Queen Mary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LB
Received 14 Mar 201738 Netherfield Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 14 Mar 2017Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 15 Mar 20176 - 8 Avenue Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire
Received 15 Mar 2017Land Off Erin Road Poolsbrook Derbyshire
Received 15 Mar 2017Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 15 Mar 2017Chesterfield Community Fire Station Braidwood Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WH
Received 16 Mar 20179 Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NP
Received 16 Mar 201767 Miriam Avenue Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NF
Received 16 Mar 201719 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 16 Mar 20174 Dorothy Vale Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DH
Received 16 Mar 2017154 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PE
Received 16 Mar 2017Land Adjacent Unit 1 Wardgate Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Mar 20174 Crown Close New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AH
Received 17 Mar 20179 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 17 Mar 201781 Flamsteed Crescent Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7DS
Received 20 Mar 2017Perrys Ford Garage Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BJ
Received 21 Mar 2017Netherleigh 34 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 21 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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