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578 approved · 748 refused · 269 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 2012 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22A Brookside Bar Chesterfield S40 3PJ
Received 7 Aug 20204 Upper Lum Close Hady Derbyshire S41 0BF
Received 7 Aug 2020Land At Ravenside Retail Park Markham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Aug 2020149 Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe S40 3EA
Received 10 Aug 2020148 Hasland Road Hasland S41 0AB
Received 10 Aug 2020330 Derby Road Birdholme S40 2ET
Received 10 Aug 2020Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 10 Aug 2020Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 7 Aug 2020Garage Site Adjacent 23 Roecar Close Old Whittington S41 9PN
Received 11 Aug 20202 Dalvey Way New Whittington S43 2QD
Received 11 Aug 20205 Sandstone Avenue Walton Derbyshire S42 7NS
Received 12 Aug 202016 Chestnut Drive Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LZ
Received 13 Aug 20202 Foyers Way Chesterfield S41 0FN
Received 13 Aug 2020Land At Chester Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Aug 202018 Brincliffe Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3DU
Received 14 Aug 2020Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall And Hole Farm Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 17 Aug 2020The Range Unit 1 Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RS
Received 3 Aug 2020Whittington Sewage Works Station Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 10 Aug 2020Sheepbridge Works, Land At Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge S41 9QD
Received 17 Aug 202021 Greenbank Drive Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BS
Received 17 Aug 2020201 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JW
Received 17 Aug 2020201 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JW
Received 17 Aug 202050 Highfield Lane Newbold S41 8AY
Received 18 Aug 2020376 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 18 Aug 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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