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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473 approved · 608 refused · 232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2013 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Of Former Sheepbridge Sports and Social Club 202 Newbold Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Sept 2015402 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 22 Sept 20151, 1A and 2 South Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Sept 20151, 1A and 2 South Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Sept 201526 Trevorrow Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2GH
Received 22 Sept 201595A High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 22 Sept 201552 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HL
Received 22 Sept 20159 Kent Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7HA
Received 23 Sept 2015Plover Hill Farm Wetlands Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 23 Sept 201525 Manor Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NG
Received 23 Sept 20152 Soresby Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JN
Received 24 Sept 2015Muk Tubs Brimington Road North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BE
Received 24 Sept 2015Land Between 2A Heywood Street and 1 Heywood Villas Heywood Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DB
Received 25 Sept 201529 Chesterfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1AB
Received 28 Sept 2015Land At Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 28 Sept 201588 Ringwood Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8QZ
Received 28 Sept 2015Walton Hospital Whitecotes Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HN
Received 28 Sept 20157 Marchwood Close Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DT
Received 28 Sept 20155 Hazel Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 29 Sept 201517 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 28 Sept 20157 Bunting Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7NU
Received 29 Sept 2015Techman Engineering Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RT
Received 29 Sept 2015Woodthorpe C Of E Primary School Seymour Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3DA
Received 29 Sept 2015Stirling Court Lister Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NZ
Received 29 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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