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.
586 approved · 764 refused · 274 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 2011 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Brooke Drive Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PD
Received 1 Sept 2022Dunston Inn Dunston Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8HA
Received 1 Sept 2022272-274 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QN
Received 1 Sept 202237 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 31 Aug 2022Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 1 Sept 202215 Balmoak Lane Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TH
Received 1 Sept 2022The Old Rectory 408 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 16 Aug 2022Yorkshire Building Society 13 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PF
Received 15 Aug 20227 Brooke Drive Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PD
Received 2 Sept 2022Farmhouse Inkersall Farm Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3YH
Received 2 Sept 202242 Salisbury Crescent Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8PP
Received 5 Sept 2022Harehill Mews Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 2 Sept 202212 Cranborne Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8PG
Received 6 Sept 202286 Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 7 Sept 2022Car Park Opposite Cemetery Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Sept 20221 Hulford Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9SF
Received 8 Sept 2022Hartington House Eckington Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3YG
Received 11 Sept 20226 Tennyson Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SW
Received 12 Sept 20224 Dalewood Close Hady Derbyshire S41 0DD
Received 12 Sept 202218 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 12 Sept 202230 Wayside Court Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1BS
Received 12 Sept 2022Netherthorpe School Ralph Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PY
Received 13 Sept 2022374 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 12 Sept 202221 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DJ
Received 13 Sept 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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