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579 approved · 754 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
19 Grove Farm Close Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QA
Received 15 Oct 202125 Aviemore Close New Whittington S43 2AY
Received 15 Oct 20218 Aviemore Close New Whittington S43 2AY
Received 18 Oct 2021107 Windermere Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8DS
Received 18 Oct 20211 Green Farm Croft 159 High Street Old Whittington S41 9LH
Received 18 Oct 2021The Dumbles Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3HA
Received 18 Oct 2021Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 19 Oct 2021Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 19 Oct 202183 Station Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9NR
Received 19 Oct 202133 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 19 Oct 2021Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Oct 20216 Central Pavement Chesterfield S40 1PQ
Received 20 Oct 2021Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 21 Oct 2021Land To The North Of Dunston Trading Estate Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 21 Oct 20216 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AA
Received 21 Oct 2021Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 22 Oct 2021Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield S40 4TW
Received 22 Oct 2021Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield S40 4TW
Received 22 Oct 2021Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hole Farm Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 22 Oct 2021Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hole Farm Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 22 Oct 2021Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hole Farm Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 22 Oct 2021Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 22 Oct 2021The Elm Tree Inn High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 25 Oct 20216 Craglands Grove Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4XT
Received 25 Oct 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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