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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.
465 approved · 605 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Plover Hill Farm Wetlands Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 May 20157 Walton Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QQ
Received 26 May 201526 Marchwood Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DT
Received 27 May 2015Land Off Burley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 May 2015152 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NW
Received 28 May 2015Land Off Erin Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 29 May 2015132 Hasland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0AB
Received 29 May 20152 - 12 Sandpiper Court Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9FA
Received 29 May 2015Land Adjacent Gilbert Heatchote School St Johns Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 1 Jun 2015195 Langer Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JW
Received 1 Jun 2015159 Walton Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BX
Received 2 Jun 2015Witham Court Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QX
Received 2 Jun 20151 Foljambe Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EW
Received 2 Jun 201575 Ashgate Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JD
Received 2 Jun 201514 Avondale Road Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3EQ
Received 2 Jun 20152A Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DB
Received 2 Jun 2015185 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AP
Received 3 Jun 201544 Marine Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0FG
Received 3 Jun 2015Highway Verge Opposite Junction With Cromwell Road Newbold Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Jun 2015Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 23 Apr 2015Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 5 May 201537 Steeple Grange Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HU
Received 4 Jun 2015Brearley Hall Woodmere Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TA
Received 3 Jun 2015Glen Leigh 31 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PG
Received 4 Jun 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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