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.
528 approved · 647 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
33 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 15 May 2017Chesterfield Borough Council Town Hall Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LP
Received 15 May 2017Land To The West Side Of Thompson Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 May 2017Maplins Unit 1A Ravenside Retail Park Markham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 16 May 2017Domino's Pizza Unit 3 Lordsmill Gate Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RW
Received 16 May 201720 Steeple Grange Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HU
Received 16 May 201724 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 16 May 2017Former Newbold Community School Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 16 May 2017323 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LQ
Received 17 May 2017Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 18 May 20175 Wheathill Close Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PU
Received 18 May 2017415 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AG
Received 18 May 2017St Peter and St Paul School Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EF
Received 18 May 201753 Fern Avenue Staveley Derbyshire S43 3RA
Received 18 May 201711 Spring House Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PD
Received 18 May 2017Derbyshire Carers Association 69 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1BA
Received 18 May 2017Market Hall Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AR
Received 18 May 2017Victoria Hotel Lowgates Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TR
Received 19 May 2017Domino's Pizza Unit 3 Lordsmill Gate Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RW
Received 19 May 201721 Totley Mount Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JZ
Received 22 May 201750 Hillman Drive Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3SJ
Received 22 May 201711 Highland Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 22 May 201731 Queen Mary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LB
Received 22 May 20171 Green Farm Croft 159 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LH
Received 18 May 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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