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578 approved · 750 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Rossendale Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3EL
Received 10 Mar 2021Chesterfield Waterside Development Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 10 Mar 2021Chapel Cavendish Place Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2NS
Received 10 Mar 202177 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield S40 4BZ
Received 11 Mar 2021612 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3JX
Received 11 Mar 2021Former 9 and 9A Wensley Way Staveley Derbyshire
Received 12 Mar 2021200 High Street New Whittington S43 2AP
Received 12 Mar 2021159 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HG
Received 11 Mar 202131 Hollingwood Crescent Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2HD
Received 11 Mar 2021Former A G D Car Park West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Mar 2021Land To The Front Of 108 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JJ
Received 14 Mar 202151 St Thomas Street Chesterfield S40 3AH
Received 14 Mar 20213 Ormond Close Walton S42 7NB
Received 15 Mar 2021Avenue House Surgery 109 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LE
Received 8 Mar 2021Garage Sites Bank Street Chesterfield S40 1BH
Received 15 Mar 202120 George Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HG
Received 15 Mar 202110 Endowood Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LX
Received 8 Mar 202111 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JH
Received 15 Mar 2021Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall and Hole Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 15 Mar 20215 St Margarets Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SY
Received 15 Mar 202156 Vincent Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NP
Received 15 Mar 2021St Hughs Church Littlemoor Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QP
Received 10 Mar 2021Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield S41 7LW
Received 17 Mar 2021Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield S41 7LW
Received 17 Mar 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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