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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.
519 approved · 640 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Workshop To Rear Of 98 Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EF
Received 6 Dec 2016Plot 13 Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 7 Dec 2016112 Broomfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0ND
Received 7 Dec 2016Club House 3 Station Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 7 Dec 2016Land To The West Of Bevan Drive Inkersall Derbyshire
Received 6 Dec 2016345 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BZ
Received 1 Dec 2016Bank Close House Hasland Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0RZ
Received 8 Dec 2016Land Between 22 - 26 Prospect Road Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 8 Dec 201623 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 8 Dec 2016Former Queens Park Leisure Centre Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2ND
Received 8 Dec 2016The Cottage Renishaw Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3DW
Received 9 Dec 201626 Caxton Close New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EA
Received 9 Dec 2016Land Adjacent To 89 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Dec 2016Plot 1B Markham Vale Markham Lane Duckmanton S44 5HS
Received 12 Dec 2016297 High Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AP
Received 12 Dec 201628 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LD
Received 13 Dec 2016662 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 13 Dec 201689A Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 14 Dec 2016340 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PP
Received 16 Dec 20169 Peterdale Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JA
Received 16 Dec 2016Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 16 Dec 201621-23 Holywell Street Chesterfield S41 7SA
Received 19 Dec 201621-23 Holywell Street Chesterfield S41 7SA
Received 19 Dec 2016Units 20 and 21 Dunston Trading Estate Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RF
Received 19 Dec 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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