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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.
486 approved · 618 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 - 12 Sandpiper Court Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 8 Feb 20162 Rectory Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UZ
Received 1 Feb 201691 Manor Road Brampton Derbyshire S40 1HZ
Received 8 Feb 20162 Rectory Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UZ
Received 1 Feb 201637 Paxton Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TL
Received 5 Feb 201611 Rempstone Drive Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0YB
Received 9 Feb 20165 Westwood Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 9 Feb 201619 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 9 Feb 2016Hassop Close Community Centre 5 Hassop Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4FD
Received 10 Feb 2016Vintage Wholesale Storage Space Markham House Markham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SU
Received 10 Feb 201611 Albion Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LL
Received 10 Feb 2016Land To The Rear Of 18 Lancaster Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 10 Feb 2016Land To The West and East Of Bolsover Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire
Received 9 Feb 2016Brendon House Residential Home Brendon Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NJ
Received 10 Feb 2016Land Off William Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 10 Feb 2016The Barn Hady Hill Farm Track From Hady Hill Farm To Hady Crescent Hady Derbyshire S41 0DZ
Received 10 Feb 201625 Netherthorpe Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PU
Received 15 Feb 2016479 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AD
Received 15 Feb 201621 Rhodesia Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AL
Received 15 Feb 2016Hady Miners Welfare Club Houldsworth Drive Hady Derbyshire S41 0BS
Received 11 Feb 2016Land To The West Of Swaddale Avenue Tapton Derbyshire S41 0SU
Received 15 Feb 2016577 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 16 Feb 2016Newbold Community School Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BA
Received 3 Feb 2016231 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NS
Received 17 Feb 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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