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578 approved · 739 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 29 Oct 201923 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 30 Oct 2019Land To South Of Poplar Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 4 Nov 2019Gkn Sheepbridge Stokes Ltd Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9QD
Received 4 Nov 2019Spire Walk Business Park, Unit 2 Spire Walk Chesterfield S40 2WG
Received 4 Nov 201922 Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4NP
Received 6 Nov 2019Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 6 Nov 2019Stoneacre Chesterfield Honda Lockoford Lane Chesterfield S41 7JB
Received 6 Nov 20199 Littlemoor Centre Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QW
Received 6 Nov 201917 Wessington Drive Staveley Derbyshire S43 3NX
Received 5 Nov 2019Land To The Rear 114 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LU
Received 5 Nov 2019Sun Inn 13 West Bars Chesterfield S40 1AQ
Received 6 Nov 201946 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 5 Nov 201965 Rutland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1ND
Received 6 Nov 2019Unit 1 Turnoaks Industrial Estate Turnoaks Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2HA
Received 4 Nov 2019P A R Insulations and Wires Ltd Foxwood Close Sheepbridge Chesterfield S41 9RB
Received 7 Nov 2019Land Formerly Known As Brookside Farm Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 7 Nov 2019Chesterfield Hotel Malkin Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7UA
Received 7 Nov 201985 The Green Hasland Chesterfield S41 0LW
Received 8 Nov 201919 Hawthorn Way Holme Hall Chesterfield S42 7JS
Received 11 Nov 2019145 Burnbridge Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LT
Received 1 Nov 201987 New Square Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AH
Received 11 Nov 20199 Grasmere Close Newbold Derbyshire S41 8EG
Received 11 Nov 201931 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LD
Received 11 Nov 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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