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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558 approved · 671 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Holbrook Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3JP
Received 17 Jul 2018Telephone Exchange Saltergate Chesterfield S40 1UH
Received 18 Jul 2018Grove Hill 136 St Johns Road Newbold S41 8TW
Received 18 Jul 2018Bus Shelter New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Jul 2018Bus Shelters Outside 1 New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Jul 2018Bus Shelters Outside Multistorey Car Park New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Jul 2018Bus Shelter Outside Multistorey Car Park Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Jul 2018Hasland Medical Centre 1 Jepson Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NZ
Received 20 Jul 20181 Market Place Chesterfield S40 1JW
Received 20 Jul 201853 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield S40 3LD
Received 23 Jul 201812 Harvest Way Holme Hall Chesterfield S42 7JX
Received 23 Jul 2018Unit 5A Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall and Hole Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 23 Jul 201830 Middle Pavement Chesterfield S40 1PA
Received 23 Jul 201818 Devonshire Avenue North New Whittington S43 2DB
Received 23 Jul 20184 Ennerdale Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HL
Received 20 Jul 2018258 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QN
Received 23 Jul 201813 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 23 Jul 2018Ravenside Retail Park, Car Park At Park Road Chesterfield S40 1TB
Received 24 Jul 2018Proposed Rillatech Unit Dunston Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Jul 20182 Somersall Willows Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SR
Received 24 Jul 2018The Cricketers Inn Stand Road Newbold S41 8SJ
Received 25 Jul 2018The Cricketers Inn Stand Road Newbold S41 8SJ
Received 25 Jul 2018Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 24 Jul 20181 Meadow View Worksop Road Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3DN
Received 25 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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