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538 approved · 651 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Second Floor Century House 417A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3AD
Received 3 Oct 2017376 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4DD
Received 3 Oct 2017Gilbert Heathcote Infant and Nursery School Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8NF
Received 2 Oct 2017Unit 5 Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WG
Received 3 Oct 2017Former Site Of Proposed Valeting Bay and Vehicle Compound Storage Station Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire
Received 4 Oct 2017Land Adjacent To 130 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 3 Oct 2017Poplar Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5JS
Received 3 Oct 2017Marine House Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 8NY
Received 5 Oct 2017Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 5 Oct 2017Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 5 Oct 20175 Pine View Ashgate Chesterfield S40 4DN
Received 5 Oct 20173 Belvedere Close Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LU
Received 6 Oct 2017St Thomas Church Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AW
Received 6 Oct 20171 Redgrove Way Walton S40 3JN
Received 9 Oct 2017Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 9 Oct 20178 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 11 Oct 201718A Avondale Road Chesterfield S40 4TF
Received 12 Oct 2017Ringwood Hall Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DQ
Received 12 Oct 201716 Kelburn Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3DG
Received 12 Oct 2017Land To Rear Of 109 Middlecroft Road Staveley S43 3XH
Received 13 Oct 2017114 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BU
Received 13 Oct 201715 Fenland Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RH
Received 13 Oct 2017107 Coniston Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8JE
Received 13 Oct 201797 Foljambe Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EY
Received 13 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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