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.
559 approved · 675 refused · 252 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Church Street North Old Whittington S41 9QN
Received 17 Aug 2018Dunston Inn Dunston Lane Newbold S41 8HA
Received 17 Aug 2018Eyre Chapel Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8RJ
Received 17 Aug 2018Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 20 Aug 2018Whittington Sewage Works Station Lane Old Whittington S41 9QU
Received 20 Aug 201859 Rufford Close Boythorpe S40 2PB
Received 20 Aug 2018Croft Yard Staveley Road New Whittington S43 2BZ
Received 21 Aug 2018Land To Rear Of 3 Wheatfield Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PB
Received 20 Aug 20188 Rodge Croft Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9RE
Received 20 Aug 201817 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 20 Aug 2018B and Q Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Aug 2018Green Gables 19 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 22 Aug 201829 Foxbrook Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 22 Aug 201824 Lichfield Road Walton S40 3EZ
Received 23 Aug 201810 Wenlock Crescent Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NX
Received 22 Aug 2018Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 23 Aug 201813 New Houses Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EJ
Received 23 Aug 2018Land At Former Staveley Works Hall Lane Staveley Derbyshire S43 2PD
Received 22 Aug 2018Land Adjacent 102 Brooke Drive Brimington Derbyshire
Received 27 Aug 201826A Circular Road Staveley S43 3QX
Received 28 Aug 201826A Circular Road Staveley S43 3QX
Received 28 Aug 2018Broomhill Farm Broomhill Road Old Whittington S41 9EA
Received 29 Aug 2018Land Adjacent Unit 1 Holme Hall Shopping Centre Wardgate Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 Aug 2018528 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BA
Received 29 Aug 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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