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578 approved · 739 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9D Holywell Street Chesterfield S41 7SA
Received 13 Dec 2019106 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield S41 0HN
Received 13 Dec 201914 Douglas Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0UD
Received 13 Dec 20195 Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RW
Received 13 Dec 201955 Princess Street Brimington Chesterfield S43 1HP
Received 16 Dec 201920 Albion Road Chesterfield S40 1LJ
Received 16 Dec 201939A Prospect Terrace Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HD
Received 16 Dec 201915 Cranborne Road Newbold Chesterfield S41 8PG
Received 16 Dec 201913 Wayside Brimington Derbyshire S43 1BQ
Received 16 Dec 201931 Spire Heights Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TG
Received 16 Dec 201924 Mansfield Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JA
Received 17 Dec 2019Land To The Rear Of 68 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Dec 201948 Langhurst Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BD
Received 17 Dec 2019Former Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Station Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LF
Received 17 Dec 201925 West Croft Drive Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3GA
Received 17 Dec 2019Land North-East Of Sainsburys Roundabout Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Dec 201927 Market Place Chesterfield S40 1PN
Received 18 Dec 201973 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LJ
Received 18 Dec 201937A High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 18 Dec 201919 Dukes Drive Newbold Chesterfield S41 8QB
Received 19 Dec 2019The Uplands Barlow Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S18 7TB
Received 19 Dec 2019Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 20 Dec 201934 Kent Street Hasland Chesterfield S41 0PL
Received 20 Dec 2019196 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BA
Received 20 Dec 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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