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578 approved · 737 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JU
Received 9 Oct 2019Former Brockwell Court Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4PJ
Received 10 Oct 201972 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DY
Received 10 Oct 20197 Norwood Close Hasland Chesterfield S41 0NL
Received 10 Oct 201926 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield S40 3PQ
Received 10 Oct 20191 Ardsley Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DG
Received 10 Oct 2019406 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 11 Oct 2019Lidl Foljambe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NJ
Received 11 Oct 2019Eyre Chapel Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8RJ
Received 10 Oct 2019Land At Storforth Lane Junction Derby Road Birdholme Derbyshire
Received 11 Oct 20197 Bunting Close Walton Derbyshire S42 7NU
Received 11 Oct 2019Units 1 - 3 Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 9 Oct 2019Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield S41 7LW
Received 15 Oct 2019Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield S41 7LW
Received 15 Oct 201931 Dorset Drive Brimington Chesterfield S43 1DN
Received 15 Oct 2019Development Land West Of Loundsley Green Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 Oct 20192 Broughton Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8DX
Received 14 Oct 20191 Manknell Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LZ
Received 15 Oct 2019Hollis Lane Link Design Site Hollis Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Oct 201910A Marsden Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JY
Received 16 Oct 201935 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AG
Received 17 Oct 2019Deen and Da Awah Centre 29 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 17 Oct 2019Land To The Side Of 5 Mary Ann Street Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9EP
Received 17 Oct 20198 Well Spring Close Brimington Chesterfield S43 1QX
Received 18 Oct 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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