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.
564 approved · 678 refused · 254 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 2012 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former North East Derbyshire District Council Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LF
Received 12 Dec 2018The Garth 23 Brookside Bar Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PL
Received 12 Dec 2018St Thomas Church Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AW
Received 12 Dec 2018Land At Upper King Street Brimington Derbyshire
Received 13 Dec 20188 Rodge Croft Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9RE
Received 10 Dec 2018The Little Castle Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 10 Dec 201844 Roecar Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9PN
Received 13 Dec 2018Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 13 Dec 2018Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 13 Dec 201878 Hady Crescent Hady Derbyshire S41 0EA
Received 17 Dec 2018St Josephs Court Chesterfield Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 18 Dec 2018Central Methodist Church 38 Saltergate Chesterfield S40 1UH
Received 18 Dec 2018Private Road To South Of Coverland UK Building Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RF
Received 18 Dec 2018Waste Transfer Station Griffin Close Staveley Derbyshire
Received 19 Dec 2018Land North Of 87 High Street and West Of 3 Ashleigh Close Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 19 Dec 2018Land At Breckland Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3LJ
Received 19 Dec 2018593 Newbold Road Newbold S41 8AA
Received 19 Dec 2018Pets At Home Unit 5 Ravenside Retail Park Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 20 Dec 2018Land At Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 20 Dec 2018Units 32 and 33 M1 Commerce Park Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HR
Received 21 Dec 2018129 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HL
Received 21 Dec 201899 Ringwood Road Brimington S43 1DF
Received 24 Dec 20187 Park Hall Gardens Walton S42 7NQ
Received 24 Dec 2018220A Manor Road Brimington S43 1NW
Received 24 Dec 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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