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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.
473 approved · 607 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Comics & Collectables Ltd 7 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 14 Sept 2015Land To The South Of Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Sept 201537A High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 14 Sept 2015Land Adjacent To 2 Prospect Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Sept 20154 Upper Lum Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0BF
Received 14 Sept 2015Land Surrounding 146 To 152 Hady Lane Hady Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Sept 2015The Conservatory Centre Hazlehurst Lane Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LX
Received 10 Sept 2015496 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BD
Received 10 Sept 2015Woodthorpe C Of E Primary School Seymour Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3DA
Received 15 Sept 2015Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Sept 2015601A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JY
Received 14 Sept 2015Avondale Surgery 3 - 5 Avondale Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TF
Received 15 Sept 201546 Grangewood Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2TD
Received 15 Sept 2015Land Between 2A Heywood Street and 1 Heywood Villas Heywood Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DB
Received 16 Sept 2015400 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 16 Sept 20159 Bryn Lea Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EP
Received 16 Sept 2015Land To The Rear Of 20 Queen Mary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Sept 2015Lodge To Spital Cemetery 19 Hady Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0DZ
Received 16 Sept 2015102 Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0QA
Received 16 Sept 2015104 Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0QA
Received 16 Sept 20151 Cornfield Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JU
Received 17 Sept 2015Manor House 99 Rectory Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5JS
Received 18 Sept 201559 St Augustines Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2SA
Received 18 Sept 2015The Den Hobnar Lane Staveley Derbyshire S43 3SD
Received 21 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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