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578 approved · 749 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Sept 202051 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4EA
Received 16 Sept 20209 Collishaw Close Hasland Derbyshire S41 0ES
Received 7 Jul 20209 Valley Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3AR
Received 16 Sept 2020Chesterfield Hotel Malkin Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7UA
Received 17 Sept 2020Goldwell Rooms Car Park Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Sept 202059 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 18 Sept 2020Goldwell Rooms Car Park Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Sept 202032 Walton Crescent Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2PJ
Received 15 Sept 2020Playing Field Chantry Y C Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 14 Oct 2020Breck Farm Watermeadows Breck Lane Barrow Hill Derbyshire
Received 21 Sept 20206 Glenavon Close New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2QG
Received 21 Sept 2020Land To The North Of Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire
Received 22 Sept 2020Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 23 Sept 202072A Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TL
Received 23 Sept 202018 Horsewood Road Walton Derbyshire S42 7LS
Received 23 Sept 2020Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 23 Sept 2020179 Keswick Drive Newbold S41 8HQ
Received 25 Sept 20203 and 5 Cordwell Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8DA
Received 25 Sept 2020St Thomas' Church Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AW
Received 25 Sept 2020402 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 25 Sept 2020140 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BU
Received 25 Sept 202039 Norwood Avenue Hasland S41 0NN
Received 25 Sept 2020140 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JA
Received 25 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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