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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.
516 approved · 638 refused · 243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2013 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Newbridge Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LY
Received 9 Nov 2016246A Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AW
Received 9 Nov 201650 Avondale Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3EQ
Received 10 Nov 2016Arnold Clark Motorstore Meltham Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LG
Received 10 Nov 201619 Yeldersley Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LG
Received 15 Nov 2016Grove Hill 136 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TW
Received 14 Nov 2016100 Burnbridge Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LS
Received 14 Nov 201623 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DJ
Received 14 Nov 2016Land Ajoining 20 Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 8 Nov 2016Land Immediately North West Of Turning Circle Adelphi Way Staveley Derbyshire
Received 15 Nov 2016Brocklehurst Court Brocklehurst Piece Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QY
Received 16 Nov 2016Land To The North Of Riverdale Caravan Park and Bent Lane Staveley Derbyshire
Received 16 Nov 2016Somero Enterprises Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QJ
Received 16 Nov 201613 Eyre Street East Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PE
Received 16 Nov 201660 Highfield Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8AY
Received 16 Nov 2016236 Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TB
Received 17 Nov 2016Club House 3 Station Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 17 Nov 2016Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 17 Nov 2016Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Nov 20163 Holmebank East Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AR
Received 3 Nov 20165 Elder Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UR
Received 18 Nov 201625 Ashgate Valley Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AX
Received 18 Nov 2016HSBC Bank Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PJ
Received 21 Nov 2016Morrisons Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 21 Nov 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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