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.
538 approved · 651 refused · 243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent Five Acres Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Sept 201747 Paisley Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3NS
Received 21 Sept 20171 Hartfield Close Hasland S41 0NU
Received 22 Sept 20173 Pine View Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DN
Received 22 Sept 20173 Litton Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TD
Received 22 Sept 201755 Rhodes Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7HQ
Received 22 Sept 201741 Lichfield Road Walton S40 3EZ
Received 25 Sept 2017Cammac Coal Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 26 Sept 201714 Florence Close Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JL
Received 26 Sept 2017Land Adjacent 215 Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire
Received 15 Sept 2017York House St Marys Gate Chesterfield S41 7TH
Received 27 Sept 20172 Bate Wood Avenue Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3GD
Received 27 Sept 201774 The Green Hasland S41 0JU
Received 28 Sept 201718 South Lodge Court Ashgate Chesterfield S40 3QG
Received 28 Sept 2017Marine House Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 8NY
Received 28 Sept 2017Land Adjacent Five Acres Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Sept 2017Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 29 Sept 201722 Staunton Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2FE
Received 29 Sept 20172 Creswick Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3PX
Received 29 Sept 2017Unit 1 Turnoaks Industrial Estate Turnoaks Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2HA
Received 2 Oct 2017Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Oct 2017Derbyshire Carers Association 69 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1BA
Received 2 Oct 201750 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DJ
Received 2 Oct 2017Land Adj 756 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 3 Oct 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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