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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.
563 approved · 677 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
257 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NS
Received 1 Oct 201821 Heathcote Drive Hasland Derbyshire S41 0BB
Received 2 Oct 201827 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 2 Oct 2018Vacant Land Between B and Q and Fire Station Braidwood Way Chesterfield S40 2WG
Received 3 Oct 2018Land South Of Spire Walk Business Park Braidwood Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Oct 201824 Netherthorpe Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PU
Received 3 Oct 2018Former F Shaw and Partner Penmore House Hasland Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0SJ
Received 3 Oct 2018Development Land To The South Of Broombank Road and West Of Broombank Park Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Oct 2018The Fold 4 Somersall Willows Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SR
Received 24 Sept 2018Crewe Cottage Unnamed Road From Balmoak Lane To Manor / Tapton Cottages Chesterfield S43 1QQ
Received 4 Oct 2018Flat 3 Peak Stores Poolsbrook Road Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5EJ
Received 4 Oct 2018China Dragon 72 High Street New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AJ
Received 4 Oct 201820 Rhodes Avenue Newbold S41 7AY
Received 5 Oct 201846 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PL
Received 5 Oct 2018148 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JJ
Received 5 Oct 2018Pondhouse Farm 2 Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2JP
Received 8 Oct 201837 Norwood Avenue Hasland S41 0NN
Received 9 Oct 201817 Storrs Road Chesterfield S40 3QA
Received 9 Oct 2018Barns To The Rear Of Park Hall Farm Walton Back Lane Walton S42 7LT
Received 9 Oct 2018Barns To The Rear Of Park Hall Farm Walton Back Lane Walton S42 7LT
Received 9 Oct 2018135 Littlemoor Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QP
Received 8 Oct 201845 Wythburn Road Newbold S41 8DP
Received 9 Oct 2018Heaton Court Meynell Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BN
Received 9 Oct 201836 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DJ
Received 1 Oct 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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