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.
579 approved · 754 refused · 269 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LJ
Received 16 Aug 2021Vodafone 63659 Telecommunications Mast At Junction Of Storrs Road Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 24 Aug 2021Telefonica (47650) Telecommunications Mast Canal Wharf Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NA
Received 24 Aug 2021Vodafone (63651) Telecommunications Mast Opposite Cromwell Road Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7HE
Received 24 Aug 202141 Cobnar Drive Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8DB
Received 24 Aug 202148 Brushfield Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XE
Received 23 Aug 202179 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 23 Aug 202124 Ling Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3HS
Received 25 Aug 2021Development Land Opposite Hazlehurst Avenue Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Aug 2021Gkn Sheepbridge Stokes Ltd Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Aug 2021Verge Adjacent To Donkey Derby Lockoford Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire
Received 26 Aug 202177 Miriam Avenue Somersall S40 3NF
Received 26 Aug 202124 Dukes Drive Newbold Chesterfield S41 8QG
Received 26 Aug 2021Ringwood Hall Ringwood Road Brimington S43 1DQ
Received 30 Aug 202118 Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4NP
Received 30 Aug 202118 Moorland View Road Walton S40 3DE
Received 30 Aug 2021Land At Worksop Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3BN
Received 30 Aug 202158A Coronation Road Brimington Chesterfield S43 1EX
Received 30 Aug 2021Co-Operative Stores Chesterfield Road Staveley S43 3RX
Received 30 Aug 202120 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 31 Aug 2021Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Aug 2021Staveley Works Works Road Hollingwood Derbyshire
Received 25 Aug 20214 Ringwood Meadows Brimington Derbyshire S43 1FE
Received 25 Aug 202120 The Green Hasland S41 0LJ
Received 2 Sept 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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