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578 approved · 739 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
658 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3NU
Received 12 Nov 201916 Booker Close Inkersall Chesterfield S43 3WA
Received 13 Nov 2019Spreadeagle Inn 7 Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SH
Received 13 Nov 2019Manor Farm Cottage Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 14 Nov 2019Bank Close House Residential Home Hasland Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0RZ
Received 13 Nov 2019The Homestead 323 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 14 Nov 20191 The Dell Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DL
Received 14 Nov 201916 Ashgate Valley Road Chesterfield S40 4AX
Received 14 Nov 201915 Chapel Lane West Chesterfield S40 3BG
Received 15 Nov 20198 Hucklow Avenue Inkersall Chesterfield S43 3EX
Received 15 Nov 20191 Fuller Drive Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0UG
Received 18 Nov 201953 Brearley Street Old Whittington Chesterfield S41 9LN
Received 18 Nov 201916 Chestnut Drive Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LZ
Received 15 Nov 2019Dunston Cottage Land To The North-East Of Dunston Hole Farm Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 18 Nov 2019Land Adj 152 Hady Lane Hady Chesterfield S41 0DE
Received 19 Nov 2019Poppy Barn 23 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 19 Nov 2019Land Between George Street and Victoria Street North Broomhill Road Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 20 Nov 2019Poppy Barn 23 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 19 Nov 20197 Ardsley Road Ashgate Chesterfield S40 4DG
Received 20 Nov 2019C C S Media Ltd New Birdholme House Derby Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2EX
Received 21 Nov 2019CCS Media New Birdholme House Derby Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2EX
Received 21 Nov 2019Old Birdholme House Derby Road Birdholme Chesterfield S40 2EX
Received 21 Nov 201918ABC Wharf Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NE
Received 21 Nov 2019Plymouth Brethern Christian Church 135 Littlemoor Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QP
Received 22 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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