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.
553 approved · 665 refused · 247 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Mansfeldt Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BW
Received 17 May 201817 Eastmoor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PR
Received 17 May 2018Brendon House Residential Home Brendon Avenue Chesterfield S40 4NJ
Received 18 May 2018Care Center 9 Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 18 May 2018Westfield Infant School Vincent Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NW
Received 18 May 201812 Cavendish Street North Old Whittington S41 9DH
Received 21 May 201815 Mill Street Chesterfield S41 7XA
Received 21 May 20181 Hunters Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1GB
Received 21 May 2018Q House The Green Hasland S41 0LJ
Received 22 May 201821 Westmoor Road Brimington S43 1PT
Received 22 May 201813 Rutland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LZ
Received 22 May 2018Chesterfield Central Library New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1QN
Received 23 May 201817 Darwent Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0UE
Received 23 May 2018558 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JS
Received 23 May 2018Chesterfield Central Library New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1QN
Received 23 May 2018Former Sunday School Building Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AT
Received 24 May 201893 Storforth Lane Chesterfield S41 0PZ
Received 24 May 2018Aldi Foodstore Lockoford Road Whittington Moor S41 7EW
Received 24 May 20181 Burley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2UB
Received 24 May 201849 Circular Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QX
Received 24 May 201871 Manor Road Brimington S43 1NN
Received 25 May 2018674 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 25 May 2018388 Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TF
Received 25 May 201810 Ringwood View Brimington S43 1PW
Received 29 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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