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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538 approved · 653 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Pightle 19C Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 10 Jan 201830 Malvern Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DY
Received 23 Jan 2018Land Adjacent Five Acres Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Jan 2018Chesterfield and District Co-Operative Society Elder Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UR
Received 24 Jan 2018Unit 6 Chesterfield Trade Park Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JL
Received 24 Jan 201821 Gladstone Road Chesterfield S40 4TE
Received 25 Jan 2018Land North-East Of Sainsburys Roundabout Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jan 2018Land To The Rear Of 79 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jan 201884 Mansfield Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JF
Received 25 Jan 201842 Station Road Brimington S43 1JT
Received 26 Jan 2018Ravensdale 26 Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1AD
Received 25 Jan 2018Somersall Farm Somersall Hall Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LH
Received 26 Jan 2018Rose Cottage 481 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3AD
Received 29 Jan 2018Simply Gym Sheffield Road Whittington Moor S41 8LF
Received 29 Jan 201831 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield S40 3LD
Received 29 Jan 2018Somersall Farm Somersall Hall Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LH
Received 26 Jan 2018Land Adjacent To 20 Woodthorpe Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 29 Jan 201859 Pomegranate Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BL
Received 30 Jan 201865 Foljambe Avenue Walton S40 3EY
Received 30 Jan 201846 Selhurst Road Newbold S41 7HR
Received 30 Jan 2018Saltergate Health Centre 107 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LA
Received 30 Jan 201830 Foxbrook Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 31 Jan 201849 Mansfeldt Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BW
Received 31 Jan 201824 Healaugh Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2UU
Received 31 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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