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.
565 approved · 679 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 Sycamore Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LP
Received 24 Jan 2019Apple Trees Lancaster Road Newbold S41 8TP
Received 25 Jan 2019Halifax 6 Central Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PQ
Received 25 Jan 2019550 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3AY
Received 25 Jan 2019Land North Of Storforth Lane To The East Of Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jan 2019Stonecroft High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 25 Jan 20192 Cross Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SS
Received 28 Jan 201913 Highfield Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AZ
Received 29 Jan 201939 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2AH
Received 29 Jan 2019Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 30 Jan 201931 Roecar Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9PN
Received 30 Jan 201954 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JG
Received 30 Jan 2019Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 31 Jan 2019Woodland To Rear Of 30-34 Highview Close Hady Derbyshire S41 0DL
Received 31 Jan 2019Riverside Works Storforth Lane Chesterfield S40 2TU
Received 1 Feb 2019226 Lockoford Lane Tapton S41 0TQ
Received 1 Feb 2019St Hughs Church Littlemoor Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QP
Received 1 Feb 201939 Station Road Brimington S43 1JU
Received 1 Feb 201983 Chantrey Avenue Newbold S41 7DJ
Received 1 Feb 2019Apple Trees Lancaster Road Newbold S41 8TP
Received 4 Feb 201931 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield S40 3LD
Received 4 Feb 20197 Barholme Close Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AB
Received 5 Feb 2019221 Lockoford Lane Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TG
Received 6 Feb 201922 Tennyson Avenue Chesterfield S40 4SW
Received 7 Feb 2019Records 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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