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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.
558 approved · 671 refused · 250 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Avenue House Surgery 109 Saltergate Chesterfield S40 1LE
Received 6 Jul 2018Land At Cranleigh Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 6 Jul 201848 Glumangate Chesterfield S40 1TX
Received 6 Jul 20186 Collishaw Close Hasland S41 0ES
Received 9 Jul 2018Unit 1 Turnoaks Industrial Estate Turnoaks Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2HA
Received 9 Jul 20181 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TW
Received 9 Jul 20181 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TW
Received 9 Jul 20188 Loundsley Court Holme Hall Chesterfield S42 7PW
Received 9 Jul 2018Land At Former Crispin Inn 240 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AW
Received 9 Jul 201876 Manor House Court Stonegravels Chesterfield S41 7GX
Received 10 Jul 2018Former Perrys Garage Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BJ
Received 11 Jul 2018Olympia House 29 Brimington Road Tapton S41 7UG
Received 11 Jul 20181 Greengate Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SJ
Received 11 Jul 2018Brambling House Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EF
Received 11 Jul 201861 Boythorpe Crescent Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2NX
Received 12 Jul 201818 Hady Crescent Hady S41 0EA
Received 12 Jul 2018Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 12 Jul 2018Former Perrys Garage Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2BJ
Received 13 Jul 201812 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QW
Received 12 Jul 2018Land To The East Of Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Derbyshire
Received 16 Jul 2018Land To The Rear Of 52 Whittington Hill Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 16 Jul 2018Campbell Landfill Site and Troughbrook Opencast Coal Site Staveley Lane Nether Handley Derbyshire S43 2JP
Received 13 Jul 201863 Moorland View Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DD
Received 16 Jul 20187 Spital Brook Close Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0GD
Received 17 Jul 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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