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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.
537 approved · 650 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Wentworth Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3JB
Received 13 Sept 201748 Cobden Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TD
Received 13 Sept 2017Barrow Hill Primary School Station Road Barrow Hill S43 2PG
Received 14 Sept 2017Accomodation At Highfield Hotel 138 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield S41 7AA
Received 14 Sept 2017Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 14 Sept 2017Manor House Farm 118 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JU
Received 14 Sept 2017Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 14 Sept 20177 Myrtle Grove Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LN
Received 15 Sept 2017Land North-East Of Sainsburys Roundabout Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Sept 2017Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield S41 7LW
Received 18 Sept 2017225 Lockoford Lane Tapton S41 0TG
Received 18 Sept 2017227 Lockoford Lane Tapton S41 0TG
Received 18 Sept 201712 Myrtle Grove Hollingwood S43 2LN
Received 18 Sept 201711 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 19 Sept 2017Post Office 20 High Street Old Whittington S41 9JT
Received 20 Sept 201710A Broomhill Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9DA
Received 29 Aug 2017296 - 298 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BY
Received 20 Sept 201747 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PB
Received 20 Sept 2017The Old Rectory 408 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 20 Sept 2017Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 21 Sept 201733 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AZ
Received 21 Sept 201711 Whitecotes Park Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RT
Received 21 Sept 2017Chesterfield Labour Club 111 - 113 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NF
Received 21 Sept 201725 Larch Way Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EU
Received 20 Sept 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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