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578 approved · 734 refused · 267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Lodge Farm Westwood Lane Brimington S43 1PA
Received 9 Jul 2019Brampton Manor 107 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 9 Jul 2019Markham Court Duckmanton Road Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HH
Received 9 Jul 20194 Station Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9AQ
Received 10 Jul 201915 Laurel Crescent Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LA
Received 10 Jul 2019Land To South Of Poplar Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 10 Jul 201910 Dorothy Vale Ashgate Chesterfield S40 4DH
Received 11 Jul 201941 Gloucester Road Stonegravels Chesterfield S41 7EF
Received 11 Jul 201912 Lakeside Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9TD
Received 12 Jul 201937 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 15 Jul 2019Harehill Court Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire S40 2NZ
Received 12 Jul 2019Land To Rear Of 292 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 15 Jul 20195 Infirmary Road Chesterfield S41 7NF
Received 16 Jul 2019218A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BJ
Received 16 Jul 201972 Paxton Road Tapton S41 0TN
Received 17 Jul 20193 Eliot Close Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PF
Received 17 Jul 20191 Spencer Avenue Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BX
Received 15 Jul 2019Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 18 Jul 2019The Chantry 39 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 18 Jul 2019Trading Post 875 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9EQ
Received 17 Jul 2019Devonshire Hotel 17 Occupation Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TH
Received 19 Jul 201933 West Bars Chesterfield S40 1AG
Received 19 Jul 2019154 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4EF
Received 22 Jul 201911 Norton Avenue Somersall S40 3NG
Received 22 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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