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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.
556 approved · 667 refused · 249 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Unit 3 Sheepbridge Works Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 15 Jun 2018Land At Bridge Way Junction Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 201853 Meadowhill Road Hasland S41 0BG
Received 18 Jun 2018Land At Former Crispin Inn 240 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AW
Received 18 Jun 2018Former Saltergate Multi Storey Car Park Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 2018Land Adjacent To 11 Newbridge Street Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 19 Jun 201858 Mansfield Road Hasland S41 0JF
Received 19 Jun 20185 Hedley Drive Brimington Derbyshire S43 1BF
Received 18 Jun 2018The Warren 404 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 18 Jun 20183 Ashleigh Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9NA
Received 19 Jun 2018Land Adjacent Trinity Court Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PS
Received 20 Jun 2018Former Saltergate Multi Storey Car Park Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Jun 2018Development Land Between 3 and 5 Highgate Close New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Jun 2018Fishwick Estate Agents 477 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AD
Received 21 Jun 2018Land To Rear Of 292 Manor Road Brimington S43 1NX
Received 21 Jun 201816 Bridle Road Woodthorpe S43 3BY
Received 21 Jun 2018Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 20 Jun 2018Lansdowne 18 Lancaster Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TR
Received 22 Jun 2018303 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4DB
Received 25 Jun 201818 Welwyn Close Chesterfield S40 1HH
Received 25 Jun 2018Staveley Landfill Site Hall Lane Staveley Derbyshire
Received 22 Jun 2018Land Adjacent 31 Manor Drive Brimington Derbyshire
Received 22 Jun 201892 Sycamore Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LP
Received 25 Jun 2018Superdrug 2 - 4 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 25 Jun 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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