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578 approved · 749 refused · 269 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harleys Market Street Staveley S43 3UT
Received 28 Aug 20207 Fairfield Court Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PT
Received 28 Aug 2020Land At Former 59 59 St Augustines Road Birdholme S40 2SA
Received 28 Aug 2020The Croft 157 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LH
Received 28 Aug 2020Ryehill 625 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NT
Received 28 Aug 2020Devonshire Park Devonshire Street Brimington S43 1GA
Received 28 Aug 2020104 Vernon Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1EL
Received 28 Aug 202038 Brooklyn Drive Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4BB
Received 1 Sept 202021 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield S40 1DJ
Received 1 Sept 202035 Holme Park Avenue Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8XB
Received 1 Sept 202070 Smithfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PS
Received 1 Sept 20207 Summerfield Crescent Brimington Derbyshire S43 1EZ
Received 1 Sept 202033 Elliott Drive Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3DZ
Received 1 Sept 2020Proposed Rillatech Unit Dunston Way Chesterfield S41 9RD
Received 2 Sept 2020Langdale Lodge 56 Selhurst Road Newbold S41 7HR
Received 2 Sept 2020Former A G D Car Park West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Sept 2020Former A G D Car Park West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Sept 20209A - 11 High Street Chesterfield S40 1PS
Received 4 Sept 2020Former Social Club At Land Adj 123 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 7 Sept 202014 Laburnum Street Hollingwood S43 2JL
Received 7 Sept 202030 Ringwood Avenue Newbold S41 8RB
Received 7 Sept 202028 Reservoir Terrace Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4HA
Received 9 Sept 2020Staveley Miners Welfare Fc Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3WL
Received 7 Sept 2020359-361 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor S41 8LQ
Received 7 Sept 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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