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541 approved · 657 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Proposed Telecommunications Site Adjacent Unit 52 Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Apr 201821 Wikeley Way Brimington S43 1AS
Received 16 Apr 2018Plot 6A Markham Vale Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 13 Apr 201879 Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield S40 4TJ
Received 17 Apr 201815 Cordwell Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BT
Received 17 Apr 201836 Brookside Glen Chesterfield S40 3PF
Received 18 Apr 20183 Private Drive Hollingwood S43 2LB
Received 18 Apr 2018386 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 18 Apr 20183 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 10 Apr 2018Chesterfield Post Office 1 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TL
Received 19 Apr 2018Hairrazors 122 High Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AL
Received 19 Apr 2018Proposed Telecommunications Opposite 66A Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 18 Apr 2018W E Amies And Co Ltd Quarry Lane Chesterfield S40 3AT
Received 20 Apr 2018West Garth 27 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 19 Apr 2018253 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BT
Received 20 Apr 2018London Borough Estate Barrow Hill Derbyshire
Received 19 Apr 2018Former Saltergate Health Centre 107 Saltergate Chesterfield S40 1LA
Received 23 Apr 2018Land Adjacent To 24 Dovedale Avenue Inkersall S43 3HT
Received 23 Apr 201831 Spire Heights Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TG
Received 20 Apr 2018Wards Recycling Units 1-3 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HY
Received 20 Apr 2018118 Kirkstone Road Newbold S41 8HE
Received 24 Apr 201838 High Street Staveley S43 3UX
Received 24 Apr 20187 Westwood Close Inkersall Chesterfield S43 3JE
Received 24 Apr 2018Winding Wheel Holywell Street Chesterfield S41 7SA
Received 25 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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