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545 approved · 661 refused · 246 withdrawn.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: 27 Sept 2013 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Mercaston Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4UE
Received 3 May 20182 Wolfe Close Walton Derbyshire S40 2DF
Received 4 May 2018Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 4 May 2018Plot 13 Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 4 May 201845 Broomfield Avenue Hasland S41 0LU
Received 8 May 201846 Blackthorn Close Hasland Derbyshire S41 0DY
Received 8 May 201819 Westbourne Grove Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QD
Received 9 May 2018126 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EF
Received 9 May 201834 Queen Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HT
Received 9 May 2018Inkersall Methodist Church Summerskill Green Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3SR
Received 9 May 201842 Blandford Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QT
Received 10 May 201820 Cromford Drive Staveley S43 3TB
Received 11 May 201820A Gloucester Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EQ
Received 11 May 201814 Manor Road Brampton S40 1HX
Received 14 May 20187 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield S40 3QJ
Received 14 May 20188 Brookfield Avenue Chesterfield S40 3NX
Received 14 May 2018Land Adjacent Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 May 2018158 Keswick Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HH
Received 14 May 2018144 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2AR
Received 15 May 2018Crispin Inn Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AW
Received 15 May 201814 Milford Road Inkersall S43 3ET
Received 15 May 201838 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 24 Apr 201842 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 15 May 2018Mastin Moor Community Garden Bolsover Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire
Received 16 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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