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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.
508 approved · 628 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Francis Community Centre Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2PD
Received 19 Jul 2016104 Calow Lane Hasland Derbyshire S41 0AX
Received 20 Jul 201612 Barley Lane Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JA
Received 20 Jul 2016Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 20 Jul 2016W F Simpson and Sons Albert Street North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NP
Received 20 Jul 20164 Errington Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EP
Received 21 Jul 201645 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 21 Jul 201610 Hartfield Court Hasland Derbyshire S41 0QE
Received 21 Jul 20169 Myrtle Grove Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LN
Received 22 Jul 201622 Westfield Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RS
Received 22 Jul 20166 Netherthorpe Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PX
Received 22 Jul 201648 Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BU
Received 25 Jul 201616 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 24 Jul 20161 South Lodge Court Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QG
Received 26 Jul 20166 Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BU
Received 26 Jul 20162 Litton Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TD
Received 25 Jul 2016St Chads Church Avenue Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8TA
Received 25 Jul 2016Sycamores 31 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 26 Jul 2016Somerset Yard Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jul 2016258 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QN
Received 27 Jul 2016Hady Miners Welfare Club Houldsworth Drive Hady Derbyshire S41 0BS
Received 27 Jul 2016Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 27 Jul 201645 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 13 Jul 2016Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 28 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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