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578 approved · 750 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Oldfield Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 20 Jan 2021COSTA COFFEE Unit 7 Ravenside Retail Park Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 20 Jan 202175 Moorland View Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DD
Received 20 Jan 2021Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 20 Jan 202138 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JT
Received 21 Jan 2021John Pye Auctions Newton House Pottery Lane West Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BN
Received 22 Jan 2021114 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JF
Received 22 Jan 202110 Station Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AQ
Received 19 Jan 2021276 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ET
Received 21 Jan 2021Plymouth Brethern Christian Church 135 Littlemoor Newbold
Received 25 Jan 202196 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JU
Received 25 Jan 202166 Netherfield Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 25 Jan 20211 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 25 Jan 202160 Hilltop Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9NF
Received 26 Jan 20211 Queen Mary Road Chesterfield S40 3LB
Received 26 Jan 202114 Marine Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0FG
Received 26 Jan 2021West Garth 27 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 26 Jan 2021West Barn Somersall Hall Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LH
Received 26 Jan 2021Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 27 Jan 2021Ashgate Croft School Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BN
Received 27 Jan 202115 Chapel Lane West Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BG
Received 27 Jan 20217 Orchards Way Walton Derbyshire S40 3DA
Received 27 Jan 2021The Croft 2A Seymour Lane Woodthorpe S43 3DA
Received 27 Jan 20215 Brearley Hall Woodmere Drive Old Whittington S41 9TA
Received 27 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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