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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.
507 approved · 626 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield S41 7LZ
Received 8 Jul 2016Tapton Grove Nursing Home Grove Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QH
Received 11 Jul 2016Priory House 134 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TW
Received 7 Jul 2016Land At Whittington Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire
Received 12 Jul 2016Plot 13 Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 12 Jul 2016Land To The Rear Of 145 - 177 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Jul 20163 Carlton Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JQ
Received 12 Jul 2016Trading Post 875 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9EQ
Received 12 Jul 2016Bus Shelter Opposite Chesterfield Trade Centre Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire
Received 12 Jul 2016York House St Marys Gate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TH
Received 12 Jul 2016West Studios Chesterfield College Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LL
Received 12 Jul 2016Walton Hall 85 Foljambe Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EY
Received 12 Jul 2016131 Keswick Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HJ
Received 14 Jul 2016131 Tapton View Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7LE
Received 15 Jul 2016Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 14 Jul 2016Unit 35 M1 Commerce Park Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 15 Jul 2016Lidl Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LX
Received 18 Jul 201615 Mansfeldt Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BP
Received 18 Jul 201658 Cartmel Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JQ
Received 11 Jul 2016246A Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AW
Received 19 Jul 2016The Beeches 2B Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BU
Received 19 Jul 201615 Ludham Close Newbold Derbyshire S41 8SB
Received 19 Jul 2016Bay 8 Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 18 Jul 201652 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JG
Received 19 Jul 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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