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578 approved · 741 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Langer Lane Birdholme S40 2JG
Received 12 Feb 202013 Church Street Staveley S43 3TL
Received 12 Feb 20208 Linden Park Grove Chesterfield S40 1HY
Received 12 Feb 2020Land Situated Off Lansbury Avenue, Opposite Junction Saddletree View Lansbury Avenue Mastin Moor Derbyshire
Received 12 Feb 2020643 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AA
Received 12 Feb 202019 Weston Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4UN
Received 12 Feb 202038 Spring House Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PD
Received 12 Feb 2020Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 12 Feb 202011 Whisperwood Close Duckmanton S44 5HL
Received 13 Feb 2020402 Old Road Chesterfield S40 3QF
Received 13 Feb 202081 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 13 Feb 2020Northern Tea Merchants 193 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BA
Received 13 Feb 202046 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PL
Received 14 Feb 20203 Devonshire Park Devonshire Street Brimington S43 1GA
Received 14 Feb 2020Former Cammac Coal Depot Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 17 Feb 2020107 Dunston Lane Newbold S41 8HA
Received 17 Feb 202023 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 17 Feb 202023 Myrtle Grove Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LL
Received 17 Feb 202041A High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 17 Feb 2020R S P C A 137 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield S41 0HL
Received 18 Feb 20205 Miriam Avenue Somersall S40 3NF
Received 18 Feb 2020Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Hady S41 0EE
Received 18 Feb 2020Land To The West Of Bevan Drive Inkersall Derbyshire
Received 14 Feb 2020Ashgate Manor, Pharmacy At Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AA
Received 19 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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