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.
538 approved · 653 refused · 243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Dec 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 15 Dec 2017Crafty Dog 261 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BL
Received 15 Dec 2017Jubilee Works Middlecroft Road Staveley S43 3XN
Received 15 Dec 2017Land At Former Staveley Works Works Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2PD
Received 14 Dec 2017Former Garage Site Barker Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 Dec 20179D Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 19 Dec 20171 - 4 Gisborne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 Dec 20179 Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4NP
Received 20 Dec 201730 Manor Avenue Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NQ
Received 20 Dec 2017Land Adjacent 87 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 21 Dec 2017Plot 53 Westwood Drive Gardens Inkersall Derbyshire
Received 21 Dec 201720A Avondale Road Chesterfield S40 4TF
Received 22 Dec 2017Cammac Coal Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 22 Dec 2017R S P C A 137 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield S41 0HL
Received 28 Dec 2017255 Walton Road Walton S40 3BT
Received 28 Dec 201721 Kent Street Hasland S41 0PJ
Received 2 Jan 20186 Spital Brook Close Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0GD
Received 2 Jan 2018Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 3 Jan 201821 Pearson Croft Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8WX
Received 3 Jan 2018Harmony Blinds 156 Keswick Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HH
Received 3 Jan 2018Land Adjacent To 21 Clarence Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Jan 2018The Ambulance Station Old Road Chesterfield S42 7JT
Received 9 Jan 201842 East Crescent Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5ET
Received 10 Jan 2018Land Surrounding 146 To 152 Hady Lane Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire
Received 10 Jan 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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