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578 approved · 750 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land To North Of Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Dec 202039 Holme Park Avenue Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8XB
Received 15 Dec 202036 Lakeside Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9TD
Received 16 Dec 202091 Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HH
Received 16 Dec 2020Land At Cranleigh Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 17 Dec 2020Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 18 Dec 2020153 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LZ
Received 18 Dec 2020Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 18 Dec 2020Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 22 Dec 2020Nisa 68 Station Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9NS
Received 22 Dec 20201 Pine View Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DN
Received 23 Dec 20203 Pine View Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DN
Received 23 Dec 202011 Franklyn Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AY
Received 16 Dec 2020St Patricks Church Hall High Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AN
Received 29 Dec 2020Land To The North Of 8 High Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DX
Received 30 Dec 2020Denka UK Ltd Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QJ
Received 23 Dec 20206 Lancelot Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3ET
Received 4 Jan 20214 Mardale Court Mardale Close Newbold Derbyshire S41 8JX
Received 4 Jan 2021179 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2NB
Received 4 Jan 202121 Belvedere Close Somersall S40 3LU
Received 5 Jan 2021398 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 6 Jan 2021Numbers 1-8 and 10 Westwood Avenue Staveley Derbyshire S43 3RL
Received 8 Jan 2021107 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 8 Jan 2021St Marks Vicarage 15 St Marks Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DH
Received 8 Jan 2021Records 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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