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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.
538 approved · 652 refused · 243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Coronation Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1EU
Received 25 Oct 2017678 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 25 Oct 2017Littlemoor Shopping Centre Littlemoor Centre Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QW
Received 26 Oct 2017Unit 3 16 Packers Row Chesterfield S40 1RB
Received 26 Oct 201798 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AF
Received 26 Oct 2017Unit 1 Digital House Foxwood Road Sheepbridge S41 9RF
Received 27 Oct 2017Terminus Bowling Club Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Debyshire S40 3JY
Received 31 Oct 201721 South Crescent Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5EQ
Received 31 Oct 20175 Westwood Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 1 Nov 201715 Mulberry Croft Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LY
Received 1 Nov 201714 Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2JP
Received 1 Nov 2017109 Whitecotes Lane Walton Derbyshire S40 3HJ
Received 1 Nov 2017Driving Test Centre 216 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LT
Received 2 Nov 2017Toc H Yard 27A Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2RG
Received 2 Nov 201751 Pomegranate Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BL
Received 2 Nov 201710 Wolfe Close Walton S40 2DF
Received 3 Nov 20175 Hassop Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4FD
Received 3 Nov 2017Spectrum House Turnoaks Business Park Mcgregors Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WB
Received 6 Nov 2017201 Langer Lane Birdholme S40 2JW
Received 7 Nov 2017Knightsbridge Court West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AD
Received 7 Nov 2017Knightsbridge Court West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AD
Received 7 Nov 20172 York Street Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PN
Received 7 Nov 2017W F Simpson and Sons Albert Street North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NP
Received 7 Nov 2017Unit 3 Spire Walk Business Park Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WG
Received 8 Nov 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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