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.
534 approved · 648 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
770 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 20 Jul 2017252 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ET
Received 20 Jul 2017Unit 9 Sheepbridge Works Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 21 Jul 201735 Troughbrook Road Hollingwood S43 2JN
Received 21 Jul 2017196 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AL
Received 21 Jul 201730 Tansley Way Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3DT
Received 21 Jul 2017Poolsbrook Hotel Staveley Road Poolsbrook S43 3LF
Received 24 Jul 2017Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 24 Jul 20179 Ebenezer Row Porter Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UY
Received 25 Jul 2017Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow S44 5BL
Received 26 Jul 20178 Netherfield Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 27 Jul 2017120 Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2PD
Received 27 Jul 2017Newbold Surgery 3 Windermere Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8DU
Received 28 Jul 2017137 Station Road Hollingwood S43 2HW
Received 28 Jul 2017364-368 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor S41 8JZ
Received 28 Jul 2017Land Off Of Braidwood Way North Of Byron Street Birdholme Derbyshire
Received 31 Jul 201739 Holme Park Avenue Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8XB
Received 31 Jul 201734 Chesterfield Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QF
Received 31 Jul 2017Land To Rear Of 11 Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 1 Aug 2017Unit 3 Seymour Link Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3FG
Received 1 Aug 20176, 8 and 10 The Green Hasland Derbyshire
Received 1 Aug 201763 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NN
Received 1 Aug 20171 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 1 Aug 201761 Lindale Road Newbold S41 8JH
Received 2 Aug 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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