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.
563 approved · 677 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
St Marks Vicarage 15 St Marks Road Chesterfield S40 1DH
Received 9 Oct 20181 Rodsley Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SG
Received 9 Oct 2018Wyvern Eckington Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3XZ
Received 9 Oct 2018Netherleigh 34 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 9 Oct 2018Walton Hospital Whitecotes Lane Walton Derbyshire S40 3HW
Received 10 Oct 2018Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 10 Oct 2018Land Adj 2 Hazel Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 8 Oct 2018265 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 11 Oct 2018The Cricketers Inn Stand Road Newbold S41 8SJ
Received 11 Oct 20183A Shaw Street Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9AY
Received 11 Oct 201810 Easedale Close Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4XP
Received 12 Oct 201818 Steeping Close Brimington Chesterfield S43 1ND
Received 12 Oct 201851 Rutland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1ND
Received 12 Oct 2018Q House The Green Hasland S41 0LJ
Received 15 Oct 201836 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 15 Oct 201838 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 15 Oct 201812 Craglands Grove Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XT
Received 15 Oct 201834 Clarence Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LN
Received 16 Oct 20184 Guildford Avenue Walton Chesterfield S40 3HB
Received 17 Oct 20187 Owen Falls Avenue Chesterfield S41 0FR
Received 17 Oct 201881 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HF
Received 17 Oct 201874 Foljambe Avenue Walton Chesterfield S40 3EX
Received 18 Oct 2018A G W Electronics Ireland Industrial Estate Adelphi Way Staveley Derbyshire S43 3LS
Received 18 Oct 20185 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JH
Received 18 Oct 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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