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538 approved · 652 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TW
Received 21 Nov 2017Crispin Inn Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AW
Received 22 Nov 2017Chesterfield Police Station New Beetwell Street Chesterfield S40 1QP
Received 22 Nov 2017170 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HQ
Received 22 Nov 2017Land Adjacent To 105 Kendal Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 22 Nov 201739 Askew Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2FG
Received 22 Nov 20175 Lancelot Close Walton S40 3ET
Received 23 Nov 201792 Langer Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JJ
Received 22 Nov 2017140 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AQ
Received 24 Nov 2017The Hawthornes 8 Lancaster Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TR
Received 24 Nov 2017Broomhill Farm Broomhill Road Old Whittington S41 9EA
Received 27 Nov 2017Land At Canal Wharf Junction Hardwick Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Nov 201711 Thirlmere Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8EH
Received 27 Nov 2017Unit 4 Brimington Road North Industrial Park Brimington Road North Chesterfield S41 9AJ
Received 28 Nov 20171 Rosedale Avenue Chesterfield S40 2UY
Received 28 Nov 2017144 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AR
Received 28 Nov 2017333A Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 27 Nov 201791 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DZ
Received 28 Nov 2017Land North Of Storforth Lane To The East Of Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 29 Nov 201749 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LD
Received 29 Nov 2017Brendon House Brendon Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NJ
Received 28 Nov 2017York House St Marys Gate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TH
Received 30 Nov 20172 Summerfield Crescent Brimington S43 1HA
Received 1 Dec 201723 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 1 Dec 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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