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.
562 approved · 676 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 18 Sept 2018Hasland Working Mens Club Hampton Street Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LH
Received 20 Sept 201895 Manor Road Brampton Derbyshire S40 1HZ
Received 20 Sept 201842 Wythburn Road Newbold S41 8DR
Received 21 Sept 201816- 18 Steeplegate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SA
Received 21 Sept 2018Goytside / Dock Walk Highway Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Sept 20183 Somersall Willows Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SR
Received 21 Sept 201819 Bellhouse Lane Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UA
Received 21 Sept 201896 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2LR
Received 21 Sept 2018141 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EP
Received 24 Sept 201844 Amber Crescent Walton Derbyshire S40 3DH
Received 24 Sept 2018602 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 25 Sept 201810 Lodge Walk Inkersall S43 3DY
Received 25 Sept 20189 Westbourne Grove Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QD
Received 24 Sept 2018The Fold 4 Somersall Willows Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SR
Received 24 Sept 2018Land To The East Of Linacre Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Sept 201829 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 25 Sept 201865 Foljambe Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EY
Received 24 Sept 2018Land Surrounding 146 To 152 Hady Lane Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire
Received 26 Sept 201845 Wythburn Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8DP
Received 26 Sept 201834 Levens Way Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HZ
Received 27 Sept 20186 Treeneuk Gardens Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FH
Received 27 Sept 20189 Hedley Drive Brimington S43 1BF
Received 1 Oct 2018Holywell Cross Car Park Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Sept 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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