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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465 approved · 605 refused · 232 withdrawn.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: 19 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Netherleigh Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 25 Jun 201574 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HF
Received 25 Jun 2015Land To Rear Of 19 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jun 201592 Mansfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JF
Received 25 Jun 2015161 Langer Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JW
Received 25 Jun 2015Car Park Adjacent To Thompson Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jun 2015323 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 29 Jun 2015Land At Upper King Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 Jun 201520 Foxbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 29 Jun 20156 Bridle Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 30 Jun 2015Winding Wheel Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 30 Jun 20153 Green Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3DX
Received 1 Jul 2015Anmere Eckington Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3XZ
Received 1 Jul 2015301 Hasland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0AA
Received 1 Jul 2015Gilder Honda Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JB
Received 1 Jul 2015Barrow Hill Primary School Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 23 Jun 201568 Highfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AS
Received 1 Jul 201539 Coupland Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TB
Received 2 Jul 2015Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PN
Received 3 Jul 2015Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PN
Received 3 Jul 2015Land To West Of Duckmanton and North Of Tom Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Jul 2015Land To West Of Duckmanton and North Of Tom Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Jul 2015Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 6 Jul 2015385 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2DH
Received 6 Jul 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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