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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538 approved · 653 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent 21 Clarence Road Chesterfield
Received 9 Jan 2018Land Adjacent 215 Hady Lane Chesterfield S41 0DA
Received 10 Jan 2018Land At Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 11 Jan 2018The Pightle 19C Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 10 Jan 2018Land To South Of Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Jan 201887 Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield S43 1DF
Received 12 Jan 201810 Sherbourne Avenue Newbold S41 8TL
Received 12 Jan 2018Unit 9 Brimington Road North Industrial Park Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 8NQ
Received 12 Jan 2018Plot 3 Of Former Character Windows Site Rear Of 246 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AW
Received 15 Jan 201874 The Wheatsheaf Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold S41 8RJ
Received 15 Jan 201821 Mayfield Road Chesterfield S40 3AJ
Received 15 Jan 201853 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DY
Received 15 Jan 201817 Hawthorn Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JS
Received 15 Jan 2018Land At Breckland Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3LJ
Received 16 Jan 2018108 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 15 Jan 20181 Pine View Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DN
Received 16 Jan 201821A Walton Crescent Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2PJ
Received 17 Jan 201834 Levens Way Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HZ
Received 18 Jan 2018Land To Rear Of 11 Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 17 Jan 2018Land At Former Crispin Inn 240 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AW
Received 22 Jan 2018Proposed Rillatech Unit Dunston Way Chesterfield S41 9RD
Received 19 Jan 2018Proposed Rillatech Unit Dunston Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Jan 201812 Butterton Drive Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4UW
Received 22 Jan 2018126 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HG
Received 22 Jan 2018Records 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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