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.
557 approved · 669 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Perrys Ford Garage Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BJ
Received 26 Jun 201855 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AG
Received 26 Jun 201814 Prospect Terrace Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HD
Received 26 Jun 201827 Cedar Street Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LE
Received 26 Jun 201838 Oak Bank Avenue Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9PH
Received 26 Jun 201844 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 26 Jun 2018Brampton Primary School School Board Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DD
Received 26 Jun 201843 Rockingham Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JE
Received 27 Jun 2018Former Saltergate Multi Storey Car Park Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Jun 2018303 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 28 Jun 2018Land At Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 29 Jun 201839 Vincent Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NW
Received 29 Jun 2018Hasland Playhouse 50 Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PW
Received 2 Jul 201827 - 29 Clarence Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LN
Received 2 Jul 2018Somersall Farm Somersall Hall Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LH
Received 16 Jul 20186 Beechdale Close Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4EQ
Received 3 Jul 201844 Rayleigh Avenue Brimington S43 1JP
Received 3 Jul 2018Former Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 3 Jul 20184 Barnes Road Hady Chesterfield S41 0BX
Received 3 Jul 2018Edmund Street Activity Centre Edmund Street Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TD
Received 4 Jul 201847 and 49 Duke Street Staveley Derbyshire
Received 4 Jul 2018Land To Rear Of 100-102 Highfield Lane Newbold S41 8BA
Received 5 Jul 2018127 Middlecroft Road Staveley S43 3NF
Received 4 Jul 2018128 Moorland View Road Walton S40 3DF
Received 6 Jul 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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