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578 approved · 734 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Wheatbridge Retail Park, Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Wheatbridge Road Chesterfield S40 2AB
Received 16 Sept 2019Wheatbridge Retail Park, Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Wheatbridge Road Chesterfield S40 2AB
Received 16 Sept 201952 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 16 Sept 2019Holywell Annexe Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 16 Sept 2019Portland Works Goyt Side Road Chesterfield S40 2PH
Received 17 Sept 2019160-162 Derby Road Chesterfield S40 2EW
Received 18 Sept 201954 Morris Avenue Newbold Chesterfield S41 7BA
Received 18 Sept 2019Holywell Annexe Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 16 Sept 201992 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HJ
Received 18 Sept 20198 Thorndon Way Walton Chesterfield S40 3DW
Received 18 Sept 201927A Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AG
Received 18 Sept 2019Plot 5 Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 18 Sept 201934 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RQ
Received 17 Sept 2019Land To Rear Of 292 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield S43 1NX
Received 19 Sept 2019121 Stand Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8SJ
Received 20 Sept 2019Precision Products Ltd Cobnar Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield S41 9RQ
Received 23 Sept 201912 Devonshire Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JQ
Received 20 Sept 2019Land To The Side and Rear Of 102 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 24 Sept 2019Lockwood House 24 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 25 Sept 20197 Lake View Avenue Walton Chesterfield S40 3DR
Received 25 Sept 201966 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JG
Received 25 Sept 201998 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LG
Received 20 Sept 2019The Service Centre Brimington Road North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BH
Received 26 Sept 2019Gkn Sheepbridge Stokes Ltd Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Chesterfield S41 9QD
Received 26 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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