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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.
464 approved · 605 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
52 Rempstone Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0YB
Received 15 May 2015200A Walton Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BS
Received 15 May 201551 Hereford Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DT
Received 15 May 2015The Chantry 39 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 15 May 2015Junction Of Loundsley Green Road and Newbold Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 May 2015Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 15 May 20157 Walton Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QQ
Received 18 May 201524 St Chads Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8RN
Received 18 May 201530 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PF
Received 18 May 2015Land Adjacent 33 Westmoor Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 May 201523 Hazel Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 18 May 2015Land To Rear Of 4 Lakeside Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 May 201511 Ashton Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RD
Received 20 May 201531 High Street New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2DX
Received 20 May 2015Spire Infant and Nursery School Derby Road Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EU
Received 20 May 201516 Chadwell Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0QB
Received 21 May 2015Broomhouse Nursing Home 178 Broomhill Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EB
Received 22 May 2015120 Mansfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JQ
Received 26 May 201579 Paxton Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TL
Received 26 May 201550 Highbury Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7HL
Received 26 May 20155 Netherfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 26 May 2015348 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PP
Received 26 May 20156 - 8 Avenue Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 May 2015Holme Hall Medical Centre Wardgate Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SL
Received 26 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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