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578 approved · 738 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4A Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 18 Oct 2019Former Brockwell Court Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4P
Received 16 Oct 2019Highway Verge Adj 5 Ashleigh Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9NA
Received 21 Oct 2019Highfield Hall Primary School Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AZ
Received 18 Oct 20197 Mansfeldt Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BP
Received 21 Oct 2019191 Ashgate Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AP
Received 21 Oct 201930 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 22 Oct 2019122 Mansfield Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JQ
Received 22 Oct 201956 Dale Bank Crescent New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2DN
Received 23 Oct 201955 Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TJ
Received 23 Oct 201943 Ulverston Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8ED
Received 23 Oct 201921 Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield S43 2PG
Received 24 Oct 201910 Sherbourne Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TL
Received 24 Oct 20192 Park Hall Gardens Walton Derbyshire S42 7NQ
Received 24 Oct 2019St Thomas' Church Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AW
Received 23 Oct 2019195-197 Old Hall Road Chesterfield S40 1HG
Received 28 Oct 20194 Upland Rise Walton Chesterfield S40 2DD
Received 28 Oct 201945 Peterdale Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JA
Received 28 Oct 2019Amies Plastics Quarry Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AT
Received 28 Oct 2019Tapton Lock Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Oct 2019Staveley Miners Welfare Fc Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3WL
Received 29 Oct 201919 Tennyson Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SN
Received 28 Oct 2019100 - 102 Highfield Lane Newbold Chesterfield S41 8BA
Received 29 Oct 201917 Berwick Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3NY
Received 29 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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