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.
532 approved · 647 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 Stand Park Industrial Estate Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8JT
Received 9 Jun 2017Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill S43 2PR
Received 12 Jun 201746 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PL
Received 12 Jun 20172 Durham Avenue New Whittington S43 2EB
Received 13 Jun 2017Site Of Former Newbold Community School Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 13 Jun 2017Units 36 - 43 Avenue 4 Storforth Lane Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0QL
Received 13 Jun 20175 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 13 Jun 201782 Vincent Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NP
Received 13 Jun 2017Duewell Court Station Road Barrow Hill S43 2PS
Received 14 Jun 2017385 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2DH
Received 14 Jun 2017Staveley Landfill Site Hall Lane Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TP
Received 13 Jun 2017Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 15 Jun 2017Redroof Ivy House Farm Lane Brimmington Chesterfield S43 1AF
Received 15 Jun 2017Eyre Gardens Highfield Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7EL
Received 15 Jun 2017285 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 15 Jun 2017Land At Whittington Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire
Received 16 Jun 2017Q House The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LJ
Received 16 Jun 2017112 Broomfield Avenue Hasland Chesterfield S41 0ND
Received 16 Jun 201798 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AF
Received 16 Jun 201718 Netherthorpe Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PX
Received 16 Jun 201761 Vernon Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1EL
Received 19 Jun 201752 Brooklyn Drive Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BB
Received 19 Jun 2017Birch Hall Golf Club Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S18 4DB
Received 19 Jun 201743 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RL
Received 19 Jun 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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