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524 approved · 647 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
80 Brushfield Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XE
Received 4 Apr 2017Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NA
Received 5 Apr 2017110 Broomfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0ND
Received 5 Apr 2017Swift House 16A High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 5 Apr 201716 Morris Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BA
Received 5 Apr 2017Holywell House Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 5 Apr 2017Land Adjacent 12 Shamrock Place Mastin Moor Derbyshire
Received 6 Apr 2017Land Adjacent To Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Derbyshire
Received 7 Apr 20177 Brearley Hall Woodmere Drive Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9TA
Received 7 Apr 201712 Cavendish Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9DH
Received 7 Apr 201759 Laurel Crescent Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LS
Received 7 Apr 2017181 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PR
Received 7 Apr 2017191 Whitecotes Lane Walton Derbyshire S40 3HJ
Received 10 Apr 2017190 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LT
Received 10 Apr 201725 Porter Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UY
Received 11 Apr 2017Unit 4 Lockoford Trade Park Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JL
Received 11 Apr 2017Land Surrounding 146 To 152 Hady Lane Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire
Received 12 Apr 201770 Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3SE
Received 12 Apr 2017The Old Rectory 408 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 12 Apr 2017158 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PE
Received 12 Apr 2017Sudbrook Hall Barlow Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S18 7TB
Received 13 Apr 20179 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 13 Apr 2017Mary Swanwick Primary School Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QW
Received 18 Apr 2017143 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NP
Received 19 Apr 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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