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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.
523 approved · 642 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Hazeldene 554 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AY
Received 6 Feb 2017Woodleigh Motor Sales Ltd 34 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AQ
Received 8 Feb 201715 Abney Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4PF
Received 8 Feb 2017Police Station New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1QP
Received 9 Feb 2017Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 Feb 201742 Morris Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BA
Received 9 Feb 2017134 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EF
Received 10 Feb 201771 Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8EZ
Received 10 Feb 201796 Hady Crescent Hady Derbyshire S41 0EA
Received 10 Feb 201730 Newbridge Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LY
Received 10 Feb 2017Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 10 Feb 2017Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 10 Feb 2017Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 10 Feb 201743 Balmoak Lane Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TH
Received 13 Feb 201727 Deerlands Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DF
Received 13 Feb 201772 Foljambe Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EX
Received 13 Feb 2017Durrant House 47 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SJ
Received 13 Feb 201710 Welwyn Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HH
Received 13 Feb 2017Rowland Hill House Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 1HQ
Received 14 Feb 20175 Westbourne Grove Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QD
Received 14 Feb 2017223 Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire S41 0DA
Received 14 Feb 2017Land To The West Of 234 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0BJ
Received 14 Feb 2017Brierley Wood Track From District Boundary To Birch Hall Golf Club Unstone Derbyshire
Received 14 Feb 2017Land Adjacent 215 Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire
Received 15 Feb 2017Records 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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