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.
539 approved · 655 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Cavendish Street North Old Whittington S41 9DH
Received 23 Feb 201814 Booker Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3WA
Received 23 Feb 20181A Albert Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2BH
Received 26 Feb 2018Cammac Coal Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 26 Feb 201820 Harehill Road Grangewood S40 2JA
Received 26 Feb 201851 Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield S43 3QG
Received 26 Feb 201860 Holland Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HF
Received 26 Feb 2018130 Peveril Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8SG
Received 27 Feb 2018Land North Of 87 High Street and Land To The West Of 3 Ashleigh Close Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 28 Feb 201857 Larch Way Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4EU
Received 28 Feb 2018Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QT
Received 28 Feb 2018Land At Former Saltergate Health Centre Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Feb 201862 Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1AX
Received 28 Feb 2018Littlemoor Flats Littlemoor Centre Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QW
Received 2 Mar 2018140 Church Street North Old Whittington S41 9QP
Received 2 Mar 201814 Wheathill Close Holme Hall Chesterfield S42 7JZ
Received 2 Mar 2018Land Adjacent Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Mar 2018Land Adjacent Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Mar 201815 The Dell Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DL
Received 2 Mar 2018100 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NH
Received 5 Mar 2018196 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BA
Received 5 Mar 201819 Errington Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EP
Received 22 Feb 201820 The Green Hasland S41 0LJ
Received 6 Mar 2018Saltergate Multi Storey Car Park Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 6 Mar 2018Records 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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