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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.
526 approved · 647 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 15 Mar 20171 Wentworth Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3JB
Received 19 Apr 201719 Station Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 20 Apr 2017Brockwell Junior School Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NP
Received 19 Apr 2017Dumblewood 8 Huntley Close Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3JD
Received 20 Apr 2017Site Of Former Sheepbridge Sports and Social Club 202 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 20 Apr 201730 Lansdowne Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1BG
Received 21 Apr 2017Plot 5 Markham Vale Environment Centre Harper Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HY
Received 21 Apr 2017281 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 24 Apr 2017Crewe Cottage Unnamed Road From Balmoak Lane To Manor / Tapton Cottages Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QQ
Received 25 Apr 2017Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 25 Apr 201786 Manor Road Brampton Derbyshire S40 1HZ
Received 24 Apr 2017Office At Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Derbyshire S41 2PN
Received 26 Apr 2017Former Gkn Sheepbridge Stokes Ltd Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9QD
Received 25 Apr 2017313 Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TE
Received 26 Apr 2017Brearley Hall Woodmere Drive Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9TA
Received 26 Apr 201736 Moorland View Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DF
Received 27 Apr 20173 Newbold Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AP
Received 27 Apr 20172 Cambrian Close Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LA
Received 27 Apr 2017Colliery House Colliery Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QE
Received 27 Apr 201710 Bryn Lea Hady Derbyshire S41 0EP
Received 27 Apr 20171 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 28 Apr 2017Netherleigh 34 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 1 May 20177 Erin Road Poolsbrook Derbyshire S44 5HQ
Received 2 May 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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