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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.
488 approved · 618 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heaton Court Meynell Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BN
Received 17 Feb 20162B Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1AD
Received 17 Feb 20167 Cuttholme Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4RF
Received 17 Feb 2016202 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EN
Received 18 Feb 20161 Somersall Close Somersall Derbyshire S40 3SG
Received 18 Feb 2016Land To The Rear Of 92 Foljambe Avenue Walton Derbyshire
Received 19 Feb 2016Land At Upper King Street Brimington Derbyshire
Received 19 Feb 2016Morrisons Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 18 Feb 2016343 Derby Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2EX
Received 18 Feb 20162 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XP
Received 18 Feb 201655 Station Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2HR
Received 19 Feb 20162 Halesworth Close Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LW
Received 22 Feb 201611 Woodland Walk Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4YB
Received 22 Feb 2016Chesterfield Borough Council Town Hall Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LP
Received 22 Feb 20162 Wolfe Close Walton Derbyshire S40 2DF
Received 23 Feb 2016227 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NS
Received 23 Feb 201615 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NN
Received 23 Feb 201627 The Meadows Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JY
Received 23 Feb 2016Land To The West Of Carpenter Avenue Mastin Moor Derbyshire
Received 23 Feb 20169 Howard Drive Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JU
Received 23 Feb 201641 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EA
Received 22 Feb 20162 Brookfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NX
Received 24 Feb 2016Moorview 146 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EF
Received 24 Feb 201663 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 24 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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