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578 approved · 741 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
103 London Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AQ
Received 21 Jan 2020Four Poplars Rectory Road Duckmanton S44 5JS
Received 22 Jan 2020Land Adjacent 31 Manor Drive Brimington Derbyshire
Received 21 Jan 2020Broomhill Care Centre Broomhill Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EB
Received 22 Jan 2020Broom House Broomhill Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EB
Received 23 Jan 2020Broom House Broomhill Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EB
Received 23 Jan 2020Lodge Cottage 2 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 23 Jan 2020Portland Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NX
Received 23 Jan 202012 Boythorpe Avenue Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2QE
Received 27 Nov 2019Former Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 23 Jan 20201 Magpie Way Newbold Derbyshire S41 7FA
Received 24 Jan 20209 Woodthorpe Road Woodthorpe S43 3BZ
Received 24 Jan 202018 Heathfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AJ
Received 24 Jan 202017 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 23 Jan 2020107 Coniston Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8JE
Received 27 Jan 2020Land To South Of Poplar Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 27 Jan 2020Chesterfield Hotel Malkin Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7UA
Received 30 Jan 2020Jacksons Bakery New Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HE
Received 29 Jan 2020Hi Quality Steel Castings Chesterfield Foundry Pottery Lane East Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BH
Received 30 Jan 20206 Cavendish Place Barrow Hill S43 2NB
Received 30 Jan 2020105 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 30 Jan 2020Unit 1 - 5 Dunston Trade Park Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QD
Received 31 Jan 2020Units 1-5 Dunston Trade Park Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 31 Jan 2020Crewe Cottage Dark Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QQ
Received 3 Feb 2020Records 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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