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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.
463 approved · 605 refused · 231 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Dec 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Newbold Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PS
Received 23 Apr 2015SU 14 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Apr 2015Barns and Outbuildings 23 Bridle Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 24 Apr 201520 - 21 Foxwood Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Apr 201570 Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8XA
Received 24 Apr 2015The Recreation Ground Stadium St Margarets Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NH
Received 24 Apr 201518A Welwyn Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HH
Received 24 Apr 2015Land At Newbridge Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Apr 2015Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 27 Apr 2015Land To Rear Of 4 Roecar Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Apr 201511 Durham Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EB
Received 28 Apr 2015The Spital Spital Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HL
Received 29 Apr 20155 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PF
Received 28 Apr 20155 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PF
Received 29 Apr 2015Booker Cash and Carry Burley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2UB
Received 28 Apr 20159 - 11 Church Street North Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 29 Apr 2015Leyfield House Lowgates Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TR
Received 29 Apr 2015Chesterfield Borough Council Town Hall Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LP
Received 29 Apr 2015Street Record Church Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Apr 2015Cavendish Junior School Edmund Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8TD
Received 29 Apr 2015The Hanger 42 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AB
Received 30 Apr 2015The Trumpeter Inn Harehill Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2NG
Received 30 Apr 2015Former Tesco Stores Ltd Meltham Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LG
Received 1 May 201540 Netherleigh Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 1 May 2015Records 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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