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578 approved · 749 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Rodge Croft Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9RE
Received 5 Oct 2020Lidl Foljambe Road Chesterfield S40 1NJ
Received 5 Oct 202011 Horse Chestnut Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2FL
Received 5 Oct 202014 Arnside Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JJ
Received 5 Oct 202020 Cheedale Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield S40 4NZ
Received 6 Oct 2020Development Land Opposite Hazlehurst Avenue Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 6 Oct 2020Pinewood Property Lettings Ltd 33 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 7 Oct 2020191 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QH
Received 6 Oct 20202 Matlock Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JQ
Received 9 Oct 2020144 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PE
Received 9 Oct 2020Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire
Received 12 Oct 2020317 Brimington Road Tapton S41 0TE
Received 12 Oct 202083 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 12 Oct 2020Morrisons 1 Barnfield Close Staveley S43 3UL
Received 12 Oct 2020132 High Street Old Whittington S41 9LE
Received 12 Oct 202073 Highland Road New Whittington S43 2EZ
Received 13 Oct 202018 St Philips Drive Hasland S41 0RG
Received 13 Oct 202057 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PB
Received 14 Oct 202057 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PB
Received 14 Oct 202057 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PB
Received 14 Oct 2020St Marys R C High School Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AG
Received 14 Oct 202021 Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe S43 3BT
Received 14 Oct 2020Netherleigh Court Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PR
Received 14 Oct 2020Verge Outside 12 Upland Rise Walton Derbyshire S40 2DD
Received 14 Oct 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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