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578 approved · 734 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 211 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JW
Received 21 Aug 2019Unit 3 Burley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2UB
Received 19 Aug 2019Land To The Rear Of 175 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 21 Aug 2019Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 22 Aug 2019Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 22 Aug 2019106 Middlecroft Road Staveley S43 3NG
Received 23 Aug 2019563 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AA
Received 23 Aug 201928 Summerfield Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2LJ
Received 27 Aug 201910 High Street Staveley S43 3UJ
Received 28 Aug 2019Waterloo Court, Unit 2 Markham Lane Duckmanton S44 5HN
Received 29 Aug 2019955 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge S41 9EJ
Received 30 Aug 201994 Chester Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DN
Received 30 Aug 20191 Fenland Way Chesterfield S40 3RH
Received 30 Aug 2019Accomodation Above 53 Cordwell Avenue Newbold S41 8BT
Received 30 Aug 2019Tesco Extra Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EW
Received 30 Aug 2019120 Mansfield Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JQ
Received 30 Aug 2019307 High Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AP
Received 30 Aug 201925 Ling Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3HT
Received 2 Sept 2019Spire Walk Business Park, Unit 2 Spire Walk Chesterfield S40 2WG
Received 2 Sept 2019Spire Walk Business Park, Unit 2 Spire Walk Chesterfield S40 2WG
Received 2 Sept 201922 Tennyson Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SW
Received 30 Aug 20194 Stanwood Drive Walton Derbyshire S42 7NT
Received 2 Sept 2019Manor House 84 Whittington Hill Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HA
Received 2 Sept 201963 Rutland Road Chesterfield S40 1ND
Received 3 Sept 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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