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.
578 approved · 732 refused · 265 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 2012 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
489 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AE
Received 5 Apr 201941 Lichfield Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3EZ
Received 5 Apr 2019Ryro Engineering Shaw Street Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9AY
Received 8 Apr 2019Chesterfield County Court St Marys Gate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TD
Received 8 Apr 201933 Brooke Drive Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PG
Received 8 Apr 2019Land At Breckland Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3LJ
Received 9 Apr 2019Dunston Primary School Dunston Lane Newbold S41 8EY
Received 10 Apr 20191 St James Close Hasland S41 0SR
Received 10 Apr 2019Holly House 1 Lansdowne Avenue Newbold S41 8QD
Received 10 Apr 201937 Laburnum Street Hollingwood S43 2JJ
Received 10 Apr 201922 Foxbrook Drive Walton S40 3JR
Received 10 Apr 2019Heraeus Electro-Nite (UK) Ltd Carlisle Close Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9ED
Received 10 Apr 201952-54 Thompson Close Chesterfield S41 9AZ
Received 11 Apr 20192A Hartington Road Spital Chesterfield S41 0HE
Received 11 Apr 201911 Paxton Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TL
Received 11 Apr 2019Land To Rear Of 292 Manor Road Brimington S43 1NX
Received 11 Apr 2019273 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HJ
Received 11 Apr 2019Chesterfield County Court St Marys Gate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TD
Received 11 Apr 2019Chesterfield Cattery Crow Lane Chesterfield S41 0EQ
Received 12 Apr 2019178 Old Road Chesterfield S40 3QP
Received 12 Apr 20192 Clubmill Terrace Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EB
Received 15 Apr 2019Chesterfield Borough Council Town Hall Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LP
Received 11 Apr 201927 Dorset Drive Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DP
Received 15 Apr 2019Land South Of The Grove Poolsbrook S43 3JY
Received 16 Apr 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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