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578 approved · 734 refused · 267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit 18 Broombank Park Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield S41 9RT
Received 28 Jun 2019Vicar Lane Shopping Centre Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Jun 2019Dunston Grange Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 9RJ
Received 28 Jun 2019St Josephs Rc Church Chesterfield Road Staveley S43 3QF
Received 1 Jul 201923 Blunt Avenue Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3AP
Received 27 Jun 2019Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 2 Jul 20198 Eckington Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EU
Received 2 Jul 201912 Hazlehurst Avenue Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LZ
Received 1 Jul 2019Land At Storforth Lane Junction Derby Road Birdholme Derbyshire
Received 3 Jul 2019359 - 361 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LQ
Received 3 Jul 201942 Bamford Road Inkersall Chesterfield S43 3DS
Received 4 Jul 2019180 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ER
Received 4 Jul 2019A-Rock House 133 Baden Powell Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2RL
Received 4 Jul 2019232 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QN
Received 4 Jul 20199 Ryehill Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PD
Received 4 Jul 201930 Thornbridge Crescent Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JH
Received 4 Jul 2019Precision Products Ltd 1 Cobnar Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield S41 9RQ
Received 5 Jul 2019167 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QL
Received 5 Jul 20191 Linden Drive Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NQ
Received 5 Jul 2019221 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AB
Received 5 Jul 2019Sheepbridge Works Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 8 Jul 201911 Meadow View Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LT
Received 8 Jul 2019Former Unit 1 Turnoaks Industrial Estate Turnoaks Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2HA
Received 4 Jul 2019Land Adjacent To 105 Kendal Road Newbold S41 8JA
Received 9 Jul 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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