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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538 approved · 652 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
26 Littlemoor Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QJ
Received 1 Dec 20171 - 3 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RF
Received 1 Dec 2017Turnoaks Business Park Burley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2UB
Received 4 Dec 2017The Old Stables 35-35A Prospect Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9DS
Received 4 Dec 201716 Larch Way Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4ET
Received 4 Dec 2017112 Broomfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0ND
Received 5 Dec 201740 Greenways Walton S40 3HF
Received 6 Dec 20177 Pearson Croft Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8WX
Received 7 Dec 2017Markham Employment Growth Zone Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 7 Dec 2017Woodthorpe Lodge Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BW
Received 8 Dec 2017Land Northwest Of Ireland Street Staveley Derbyshire
Received 11 Dec 2017Land Adjacent To 19 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 11 Dec 201769 Barker Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1EQ
Received 11 Dec 20175-7 High Street Chesterfield S40 1PS
Received 12 Dec 20177 High Street Old Whittington S41 9JS
Received 12 Dec 20179 Raneld Mount Walton Derbyshire S40 3RE
Received 12 Dec 2017309 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 12 Dec 20178 Greengate Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SJ
Received 12 Dec 2017Land Adjacent To 89 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield S41 7JH
Received 13 Dec 2017Plot 13 Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 12 Dec 2017Site Of Former Sheepbridge Sports and Social Club 202 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 12 Dec 201723 Redbrook Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0RL
Received 13 Dec 2017Tapton Lock Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JB
Received 14 Dec 2017Shop 2 Market Hall Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AR
Received 14 Dec 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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