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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523 approved · 643 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18A Avondale Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TF
Received 10 Feb 2017Dunston Grange Farm Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 9RJ
Received 15 Feb 201719 South Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1QX
Received 15 Feb 2017Proposed Co-op Development Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3HA
Received 16 Feb 201754 Foxbrook Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 20 Feb 20172A Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DB
Received 20 Feb 201712 Bramshill Rise Walton Derbyshire S40 2DG
Received 20 Feb 2017Total Accountancy Ltd 490 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LP
Received 20 Feb 2017Ringwood Centre Victoria Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 20 Feb 201746 Spring House Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PD
Received 20 Feb 20176 Leyburn Close Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DW
Received 20 Feb 201767 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 20 Feb 201714 Rhodes Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AY
Received 20 Feb 201716 Station Road Barrow Hill S43 2NL
Received 21 Feb 2017246A Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AW
Received 21 Feb 2017246A Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AW
Received 21 Feb 201712 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 21 Feb 2017Reads Butchers Ltd 37 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AH
Received 21 Feb 201735 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AG
Received 22 Feb 2017Ashgate Service Station Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AQ
Received 22 Feb 2017Ashgate Service Station Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AQ
Received 22 Feb 2017Land Adjacent Unit 17 Dunston Trading Estate Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 20 Feb 2017247 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 22 Feb 2017104 Calow Lane Hasland Derbyshire S41 0AX
Received 22 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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