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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.
502 approved · 623 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
33 Moorland View Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DD
Received 16 May 201612 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RG
Received 16 May 20167 Westwood Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3JE
Received 16 May 201631 Pennine Way Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4ND
Received 17 May 20168 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NW
Received 17 May 2016Bt Cellnet Telephone Exchange Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UH
Received 19 May 2016204 South Street North New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2BN
Received 19 May 201614 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RG
Received 19 May 2016109 Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PZ
Received 19 May 2016145 Burnbridge Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LT
Received 19 May 2016Numbers 1-8 and 10 Westwood Avenue Staveley Derbyshire S43 3RL
Received 20 May 20162 Landon Close Walton Derbyshire S42 7LX
Received 20 May 2016157 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LZ
Received 20 May 2016The Pavements Middle Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PA
Received 23 May 20168 Norton Avenue Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NG
Received 23 May 2016Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 23 May 20165 Lutyens Court Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BF
Received 23 May 201630 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PZ
Received 23 May 2016210 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QW
Received 24 May 2016Chesterfield Post Office 1 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TL
Received 25 May 2016Chesterfield Post Office 1 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TL
Received 25 May 2016First and Second Floor 22 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 May 201610 Mayfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AJ
Received 25 May 201640 Newbold Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AT
Received 26 May 2016Records 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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