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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.
524 approved · 645 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Somersall Close Somersall Derbyshire S40 3SG
Received 21 Mar 201733 Boythorpe Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QE
Received 22 Mar 2017Land At South Street North New Whittington Derbyshire
Received 22 Mar 201721 Oldridge Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4UF
Received 23 Mar 2017ATM At 137 - 139 Derby Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2ES
Received 24 Mar 2017ATM At 137 - 139 Derby Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2ES
Received 24 Mar 2017Land To The Rear Of 3 and 5 Wharf Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NE
Received 24 Mar 201723 Hazel Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 24 Mar 2017575 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AA
Received 24 Mar 2017348 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PP
Received 27 Mar 2017113A The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JT
Received 27 Mar 2017Land To The East Of Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Derbyshire
Received 28 Mar 201733 Elm Street Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LW
Received 28 Mar 201714 Sanforth Street Newbold Derbyshire S41 8RU
Received 28 Mar 2017TJ Hughes 29 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 28 Mar 20178 Treeneuk Gardens Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FH
Received 27 Mar 201710B Marsden Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Mar 20177 Westwood Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3JE
Received 29 Mar 2017Site Of Proposed Valeting Bay and Vehicle Compound Storage Station Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire
Received 29 Mar 201720A The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LJ
Received 29 Mar 201712 Lakeside Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9TD
Received 29 Mar 2017St Peter and St Paul School Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EF
Received 29 Mar 201733 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 29 Mar 20179 Lake View Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3DR
Received 30 Mar 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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