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538 approved · 652 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 16 Oct 201712 Matlock Road Chesterfield S40 3JQ
Received 16 Oct 2017106 Thirlmere Road Newbold S41 8EL
Received 16 Oct 2017Cammac Coal Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 18 Oct 2017Land On Goytside Road Corner Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Oct 2017Land Between 1 Goyt Terrace and Substation Goyt Side Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Oct 20172A Springfield Avenue Chesterfield S40 1DB
Received 18 Oct 2017Land Adjacent Five Acres Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Oct 201749 Compton Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TA
Received 17 Oct 201755 Brearley Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LN
Received 17 Oct 2017Old Rectory Guest House 8 Church Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TL
Received 17 Oct 2017Old Rectory Guest House 8 Church Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TL
Received 17 Oct 201787 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 17 Oct 2017The Wheatsheaf 74 Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8RJ
Received 17 Oct 2017Proposed Rillatech Unit Dunston Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Oct 20177 Victoria Street West Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QY
Received 18 Oct 201773 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 20 Oct 2017Site Of Former North East Derbyshire District Council Offices Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 9TA
Received 23 Oct 2017Land To Rear Of 19 Bentham Road Chesterfield S40 4EZ
Received 23 Oct 201715 Milldale Close Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4RG
Received 23 Oct 201725 West Croft Drive Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3GA
Received 23 Oct 20179 Dryden Avenue Birdholme S40 2SY
Received 25 Oct 20171 Littlemoor Centre Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QW
Received 25 Oct 2017103 Cuttholme Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4PU
Received 25 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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