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.
533 approved · 648 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Greenbank Drive Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BX
Received 30 Jun 2017160 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NW
Received 30 Jun 2017Land At Former Staveley Works Works Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2PD
Received 30 Jun 20171 - 3 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RF
Received 3 Jul 20178 Park View Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JD
Received 4 Jul 2017Land To The North Of Riverdale Caravan Park and Bent Lane Staveley Derbyshire
Received 4 Jul 2017Land Adjacent Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Jul 2017Land Adjacent To 21 Clarence Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Jul 20171 Penmore Close Hasland Derbyshire S41 0SH
Received 4 Jul 2017Old Hall Junior School Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 3 Jul 2017Land At Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Jul 201744 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RQ
Received 5 Jul 2017Land Adjacent To 24 Dovedale Avenue Inkersall S43 3HT
Received 6 Jul 2017Telecommunications Mast Adjacent Olde House Loundsley Green Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 6 Jul 201720A The Green Hasland S41 0LJ
Received 7 Jul 2017179 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EP
Received 7 Jul 2017Spring House 147 Burnbridge Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LT
Received 7 Jul 20176 Park Hall Avenue Walton Derbyshire S42 7LR
Received 7 Jul 201737 Vincent Crescent Chesterfield S40 3NW
Received 10 Jul 201752 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 10 Jul 2017The Travellers Rest 425 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor S41 8LT
Received 10 Jul 2017247 Handley Road New Whittington S43 2ES
Received 10 Jul 201728 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 10 Jul 201721 Willow Drive Mastin Moor S43 3AU
Received 11 Jul 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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