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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.
469 approved · 605 refused · 232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 24 Aug 2015195 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QH
Received 24 Aug 2015Tesco Extra Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LD
Received 24 Aug 2015Tesco Extra Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LD
Received 24 Aug 2015Inkersall Farm Inkersall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3YJ
Received 24 Aug 2015Land At Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 24 Aug 2015Stirling Court Lister Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NZ
Received 24 Aug 2015Units 20 and 21 Dunston Trading Estate Foxwood Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RF
Received 24 Aug 201529 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AG
Received 25 Aug 2015Site Of Former Old Farm Inn Highfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Aug 2015217 Hady Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0BL
Received 25 Aug 2015Proact Stadium 1866 Sheffield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NZ
Received 25 Aug 2015HSBC Bank Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PJ
Received 25 Aug 20152 Ranmoor Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0SQ
Received 26 Aug 2015Singhs Food and Wine Discount Store 137 - 139 Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2ES
Received 26 Aug 2015Singhs Food and Wine Discount Store 137 - 139 Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2ES
Received 26 Aug 20151 Oadby Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0YF
Received 26 Aug 2015Birch Hall Golf Club Sheffield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S18 5DB
Received 26 Aug 201516 Worksop Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BN
Received 28 Aug 2015Land Adjacent Unit 17 Dunston Trading Estate Foxwood Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Aug 2015Land Immediately North West Of Turning Circle Adelphi Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Aug 2015Site Of Proposed Valeting Bay and Vehicle Compound Storage Station Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Aug 201538 Swalebank Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2US
Received 1 Sept 2015I Frames 47 - 47A Duke Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PD
Received 2 Sept 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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