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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563 approved · 677 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Cammac Coal Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 18 Oct 2018Hurst House 11 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield S41 7LW
Received 19 Oct 2018Hurst House 11 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield S41 7LW
Received 19 Oct 2018Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield S41 7NA
Received 19 Oct 201818 Devonshire Avenue North New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DB
Received 19 Oct 2018Elder Unitarian Chapel Elder Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UR
Received 18 Oct 201863 Norwood Avenue Hasland S41 0NN
Received 22 Oct 2018Woodthorpe C Of E Primary School Seymour Lane Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3DA
Received 19 Oct 2018Ash House 4 Helmsley Close Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BG
Received 22 Oct 2018228 Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0ST
Received 22 Oct 201812 Cavendish Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9DH
Received 23 Oct 2018Block A Rowland Hill House Dock Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S49 1HQ
Received 22 Oct 201836 Chesterfield Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UT
Received 12 Oct 201825 Porter Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UY
Received 23 Oct 201825 Coupland Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9TB
Received 24 Oct 2018257 Hasland Road Hasland S41 0AA
Received 25 Oct 2018134 Salisbury Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PQ
Received 25 Oct 2018Land At Highgate Close New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AL
Received 25 Oct 2018Town Hall Rose Hill Chesterfield S40 1LP
Received 25 Oct 201839 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2AH
Received 26 Oct 20181 Aviemore Close New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AY
Received 26 Oct 201836 Lansdowne Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PL
Received 26 Oct 2018Ashgate Croft School Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BN
Received 26 Oct 20181 Highfield Road Newbold S41 7EY
Received 29 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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