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.
535 approved · 649 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 - 16 Ivy Close Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 2 Aug 2017Unit 2A Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RF
Received 1 Aug 2017Russell House 16 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 2 Aug 201730 Burbage Road Staveley S43 3NN
Received 3 Aug 2017Units 1 - 4 Highlands Place Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RN
Received 3 Aug 201769 Moorland View Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DD
Received 3 Aug 201780 Mansfield Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JF
Received 3 Aug 2017Propsed Car Parking For 91 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 4 Aug 2017Propsed Car Parking For 91 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 4 Aug 201773 Foljambe Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EY
Received 4 Aug 201729 Lindale Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8JH
Received 4 Aug 20179 Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4NP
Received 7 Aug 2017Plot 1 South Markham Vale Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 4 Aug 2017Site Of Former Boythorpe Works Goyt Side Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PH
Received 4 Aug 201722 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 7 Aug 2017London Borough Estate Barrow Hill Derbyshire
Received 8 Aug 2017Land Off Eastside Park Eastside Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BU
Received 8 Aug 2017Barrow Hill Memorial Hall 3 Station Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 8 Aug 2017144 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PE
Received 8 Aug 2017Grangers International Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 9 Aug 2017Unit 3 Seymour Link Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3FG
Received 9 Aug 20172 Bowness Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AH
Received 8 Aug 2017Marthas Vineyard 3 Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TP
Received 3 Aug 201765 Smithfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PR
Received 9 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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