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578 approved · 736 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Wharf Lane Staveley Chesterfield S43 3TZ
Received 26 Sept 2019Mobile Catering Unit At Britannia Inn 56 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Sept 201975 Laurel Crescent Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LS
Received 30 Sept 2019Garage To The Rear Of 349 Hasland Road Hasland S41 0AQ
Received 1 Oct 2019599 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JY
Received 30 Sept 2019756 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 1 Oct 201985-87 Newbold Road Newbold S41 7PU
Received 1 Oct 2019Brampton Manor 107 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 2 Oct 2019228 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield S43 1NW
Received 3 Oct 2019Peak Pipe Systems Smeckley Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9PZ
Received 3 Oct 2019Unit 10 Whittington Engineering Complex South Street North New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2BP
Received 3 Oct 201973 Coniston Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8JE
Received 4 Oct 20196 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AA
Received 7 Oct 2019Royal Oak 1 The Shambles Chesterfield S40 1PX
Received 7 Oct 2019Land At Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 7 Oct 2019706 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3PB
Received 7 Oct 20197 The Willows Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HN
Received 3 Oct 2019Grass Verge To North Of Lillymede Close Birdholme Derbyshire
Received 7 Oct 2019230 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BS
Received 7 Oct 201944 Thornbridge Crescent Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JH
Received 4 Oct 201952 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 4 Oct 2019112 Burnbridge Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LS
Received 8 Oct 201993 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 29 Oct 2019Avanti Gas Ltd - Yard 73 and Units 53 / 64 M1 Commerce Park Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 23 Dec 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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