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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526 approved · 647 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Hasland Hall Community School Broomfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LP
Received 2 May 201711 Buckden Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NR
Received 3 May 2017294 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QN
Received 4 May 20176 Sycamore Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2HG
Received 4 May 2017Chesterfield Panthers Rugby Football Club 2012 Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BF
Received 4 May 2017111 Coniston Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8JE
Received 5 May 2017Coverland UK Ltd The Old Chapel The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 5 May 201729 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 5 May 2017Cammac Coal Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 8 May 2017Gordon Lamb Land Rovers Discovery Way Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9EG
Received 8 May 2017Former Newbold Community School Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 8 May 20175 Station Road Barrow Hill S43 2PG
Received 8 May 2017Unit 3 Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WG
Received 4 May 2017Unit 4 Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WG
Received 4 May 20177 Langtree Avenue Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HW
Received 9 May 20177 Mayfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AJ
Received 8 May 201710B Marsden Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JY
Received 8 May 2017West Of 234 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0BJ
Received 9 May 2017593 Newbold Road Newbold S41 8AA
Received 10 May 201715 Hady Lane Hady S41 0DJ
Received 11 May 201755 Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BT
Received 12 May 2017Dunston Park Farm Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RW
Received 12 May 201724 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 15 May 20177 Cromford Drive Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TB
Received 15 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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