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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558 approved · 672 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Manor Avenue Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NQ
Received 26 Jul 201850 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HL
Received 26 Jul 2018218 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AT
Received 27 Jul 201834 Clarence Road Chesterfield S40 1LN
Received 30 Jul 2018Land North-East Of Sainsburys Roundabout Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 Jul 201820 Fairfield Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TP
Received 30 Jul 2018Land To The South Of Bamford Road Inkersall Derbyshire
Received 30 Jul 201831 Spire Heights Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TG
Received 31 Jul 2018253 Walton Back Lane Walton Derbyshire S42 7AA
Received 31 Jul 2018Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 1 Aug 201838 Ashover Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3EG
Received 1 Aug 2018The Range Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RS
Received 1 Aug 2018The Range Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RS
Received 1 Aug 2018Morrisons, Car Park At 1 Barnfield Close Staveley S43 3UL
Received 2 Aug 2018The Little Castle Enterprise Way Duckmanton S44 5FD
Received 2 Aug 2018Euro Garages Markham Vale Services Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 3 Aug 2018Euro Garages Markham Vale Services Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 3 Aug 2018Woodleigh Motor Sales Ltd 34 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AQ
Received 3 Aug 2018Woodleigh Motor Sales Ltd 34 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AQ
Received 3 Aug 2018Colliery House Colliery Close Staveley S43 3QE
Received 3 Aug 2018Colliery House Colliery Close Staveley S43 3QE
Received 3 Aug 20184 Walgrove Road Walton S40 2DR
Received 6 Aug 201838 Eastwood Park Drive Hasland S41 0BD
Received 6 Aug 201822 Victoria Avenue Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UB
Received 6 Aug 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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