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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502 approved · 624 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
8 Fairfield Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TP
Received 7 Jun 2016Double Top Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3HA
Received 7 Jun 2016The Wheatsheaf 74 Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8RJ
Received 7 Jun 2016402A Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 7 Jun 201672 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BZ
Received 7 Jun 2016Former Sixt Car Hire Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 7UG
Received 7 Jun 201611 Highland Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 7 Jun 2016Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 8 Jun 201650 Hazel Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3EQ
Received 8 Jun 2016Masons Arms Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AH
Received 9 Jun 2016Garden To Rear Of 68 Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 2016Full House Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EH
Received 10 Jun 201663 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HF
Received 10 Jun 201647 Brooke Drive Chesterfield S43 1PG
Received 13 Jun 201665 Paxton Road Chesterfield S41 0TL
Received 13 Jun 201689 New Square Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AH
Received 13 Jun 2016Former Queens Park Leisure Centre Boythorpe Road Chesterfield S40 2ND
Received 14 Jun 201673 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LT
Received 8 Jun 2016544 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LX
Received 10 Jun 2016668 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 13 Jun 2016Former Queens Park Leisure Centre Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2ND
Received 14 Jun 2016Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 15 Jun 2016Footpath Verges From Duckmanton To Markham Vale Environment Centre Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 15 Jun 2016Old Rectory Church Lane North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9OY
Received 15 Jun 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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