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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.
564 approved · 677 refused · 253 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 2012 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41-43 The Royal Oak Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2AH
Received 16 Nov 201818 Steeplegate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SA
Received 16 Nov 2018Land To The North Of 44 Private Drive Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2JF
Received 19 Nov 2018Units 1 - 4 Highlands Place Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RN
Received 20 Nov 201897 Station Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9AW
Received 20 Nov 201829 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 19 Nov 2018Chesterfield Model Engineering Society The Clubhouse Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 19 Nov 201824 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 20 Nov 2018Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold S41 9RJ
Received 22 Nov 2018Precision Products Ltd 1 Cobnar Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RQ
Received 22 Nov 20189 Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe S43 3BW
Received 23 Nov 20182 Compton Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SZ
Received 23 Nov 2018103 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BZ
Received 22 Nov 201819 Mayfield Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AJ
Received 22 Nov 2018Phylls Grill 395 - 397 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LS
Received 26 Nov 201816 - 18 Steeplegate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SA
Received 28 Nov 201850 Highland Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 26 Nov 20186 Berwick Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3NY
Received 29 Nov 2018Parkhouse Lodge 30 Highfield Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7EY
Received 29 Nov 2018Ravensdale 26 Chesterfield Road Brimington S43 1AD
Received 30 Nov 201814 Carsington Close Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4RH
Received 30 Nov 2018Poolsbrook Caravan Club Site Poolsbrook Country Park Pavilion Drive Poolsbrook S43 3WL
Received 30 Nov 2018Car Wash To The Rear Of 34 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2AQ
Received 30 Nov 201823 South Lodge Court Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QG
Received 30 Nov 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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