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541 approved · 656 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
West Studios Chesterfield College Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LL
Received 4 Apr 2018Gordon Lamb Land Rovers Discovery Way Whittington Moor S41 9EG
Received 4 Apr 201819 Station Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 3 Apr 2018Tapton Lock Visitors Centre Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JB
Received 3 Apr 2018St Peter and St Paul School Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EF
Received 4 Apr 201814 West View Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AH
Received 5 Apr 201846 - 48 Glumangate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Apr 2018403 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2DH
Received 5 Apr 2018178 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ER
Received 6 Apr 2018Land Surrounding 146 To 152 Hady Lane Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire
Received 27 Mar 2018Chesterfield Cattery Crow Lane Chesterfield S41 0EQ
Received 9 Apr 20183 Parkside View Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8WE
Received 9 Apr 20189 Church Street Staveley Chesterfield S43 3TL
Received 10 Apr 2018Land South Of Erin Road Junction The Grove Poolsbrook Derbyshire
Received 10 Apr 20181 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 10 Apr 20183 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 10 Apr 201861 Foxbrook Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 10 Apr 20182 Cordwell Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8DA
Received 9 Apr 2018Woodthorpe C Of E Primary School Seymour Lane Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3DA
Received 10 Apr 20185 Wheathill Close Brimington S43 1PU
Received 12 Apr 201835 Ashgate Valley Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AX
Received 12 Apr 2018Green Gables 19 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 13 Apr 20185 Infirmary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NF
Received 13 Apr 2018124 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2LR
Received 13 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.
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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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