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.
541 approved · 656 refused · 244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Hasland Medical Centre 1 Jepson Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NZ
Received 23 Mar 2018Former Saltergate Health Centre 107 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Mar 2018Land At Cranleigh Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 26 Mar 2018Rowland Hill House Boythorpe Road Boythorpe S49 1HQ
Received 26 Mar 2018Rowland Hill House Boythorpe Road Boythorpe S49 1HQ
Received 26 Mar 201842 Hornbeam Close Hollingwood S43 2HU
Received 26 Mar 2018Land North Of Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 26 Mar 201826 Malvern Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DY
Received 26 Mar 201899 Kirkstone Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HE
Received 26 Mar 2018Avenue House Surgery 109 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LE
Received 20 Mar 20186 Glenavon Close New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2QG
Received 27 Mar 20181 Foxs Place Brampton Derbyshire S40 2WJ
Received 27 Mar 20187 Weston Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4UN
Received 27 Mar 20188 Park View Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JD
Received 21 Mar 20188 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 23 Mar 2018Avenue House Surgery 109 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LE
Received 27 Mar 2018Plot 5 Greaves Close Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 26 Mar 2018Chesterfield Post Office 1 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TL
Received 28 Mar 2018Chesterfield Post Office 1 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TL
Received 28 Mar 201823 Westfield Close Chesterfield S40 3RS
Received 26 Mar 2018Sainsburys Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0UB
Received 29 Mar 201810 Wenlock Crescent Loundsley Green Chesterfield S40 4NX
Received 29 Mar 201886 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LG
Received 29 Mar 201848 St Philips Drive Hasland Derbyshire S41 0RG
Received 3 Apr 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage