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.
585 approved · 763 refused · 274 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 2012 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HN
Received 16 Aug 2022Grangers International Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 16 Aug 2022115 High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 17 Aug 2022Harehill Mews Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 16 Aug 20225 Raneld Mount Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RE
Received 17 Aug 2022McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Markham Vale Services Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HB
Received 18 Aug 202277 Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HJ
Received 18 Aug 2022Tapton Business Park Brimington Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7UP
Received 19 Aug 202242 St Marys Gate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TH
Received 19 Aug 2022Staveley Cemetery Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3JL
Received 19 Aug 202220 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 22 Aug 2022Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Aug 2022Inspirepac Ltd Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 22 Aug 202210 Endowood Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LX
Received 1 Aug 2022Lodge To Spital Cemetery 19 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0DZ
Received 23 Aug 202247 King Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1HU
Received 25 Aug 202281 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 26 Aug 20222 Quarry Bank Road Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HH
Received 26 Aug 2022All Inn Lowgates Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TX
Received 26 Aug 202282 Walton Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BY
Received 29 Aug 2022Dunston Farm Buildings To North East Of Farmhouse Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 29 Aug 20226 Blue Lodge Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3GF
Received 30 Aug 2022Land To The West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 31 Aug 202240 Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HQ
Received 31 Aug 2022Records 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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