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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.
531 approved · 647 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Salisbury Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PR
Received 19 May 201717 Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2JN
Received 22 May 2017The Rectory Church Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JG
Received 22 May 20178 Kingsmede Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EG
Received 22 May 201734 Queen Mary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LB
Received 23 May 2017Gilder Honda Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JB
Received 23 May 2017Site Of Former Newbold Community School Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 23 May 2017Dunston Grange Farm Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 9RJ
Received 22 May 2017Hady Miners Welfare Club Houldsworth Drive Hady Derbyshire S41 0BS
Received 24 May 2017Hady Miners Welfare Club Houldsworth Drive Hady Derbyshire S41 0BS
Received 24 May 2017Rowland Hill House Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S49 1HQ
Received 24 May 2017Plot 13 Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 24 May 2017Natwest 10 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UJ
Received 25 May 2017Gordon Lamb (Nissan and Renault) Discovery Way Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9EG
Received 25 May 2017Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 25 May 201722 Quantock Way Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LL
Received 22 May 20171 Treeneuk Gardens Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FH
Received 25 May 2017Jubilee Works Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3XN
Received 26 May 2017Former Stagecoach Ltd Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JN
Received 26 May 2017Land Adjacent 33 Westmoor Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 26 May 2017Hilltop 234 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0BJ
Received 26 May 2017Old Rectory Guest House 8 Church Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TL
Received 26 May 2017Avenue House Surgery 109 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LE
Received 29 May 2017Pondhouse Farm 2 Troughbrook Road Hollingwood S43 2JP
Received 30 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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