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.
545 approved · 661 refused · 246 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Winding Wheel Holywell Street Chesterfield S41 7SA
Received 25 Apr 2018Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield S41 7SA
Received 25 Apr 2018Former Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 26 Apr 201881 The Green Hasland S41 0LW
Received 27 Apr 20185 Westwood Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 25 Apr 2018164 High Street New Whittington S43 2AN
Received 30 Apr 20182A Springfield Avenue Chesterfield S40 1DB
Received 30 Apr 2018Hasland Hall Community School Broomfield Avenue Hasland S41 0LP
Received 30 Apr 20187 High Street Old Whittington S41 9JS
Received 30 Apr 20184 Miriam Avenue Somersall S40 3NF
Received 30 Apr 201859 Yew Tree Drive Somersall S40 3NB
Received 30 Apr 2018Land Adjacent 35 Hampton Street Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LH
Received 30 Apr 20182 Kendal Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HY
Received 30 Apr 201842 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LL
Received 30 Apr 2018Broomhill Farm Broomhill Road Old Whittington S41 9EA
Received 1 May 201826 Franklyn Road Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4AY
Received 1 May 20188 Newbold Drive Newbold S41 7AP
Received 1 May 20188 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NW
Received 1 May 201835 Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NP
Received 1 May 2018Croft Yard, County House Staveley Road New Whittington S43 2BZ
Received 2 May 201817 Steeple Grange Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HU
Received 1 May 201811 Bodmin Way Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LR
Received 2 May 2018198 Old Road Chesterfield S40 3QW
Received 3 May 2018Rose Cottage 481 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AD
Received 2 May 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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