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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.
578 approved · 730 refused · 264 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 2012 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The West Of Sheepbridge Lane - Plot 5 Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 7 Feb 2019All Inn Lowgates Staveley S43 3TX
Received 7 Feb 2019Unit 1 Turnoaks Industrial Estate Turnoaks Lane Birdholme Derbyshire
Received 7 Feb 2019Brierley Wood Land To The Rear Of 15 Sylvia Road Unstone Derbyshire
Received 6 Feb 201930 Hedley Drive Brimington S43 1BF
Received 11 Feb 201977 Brushfield Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XF
Received 11 Feb 201924 Hedley Drive Brimington S43 1BF
Received 11 Feb 2019Land Between 34 and 38 Lake View Avenue Walton Derbyshire
Received 12 Feb 20195 Lutyens Court Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BF
Received 13 Feb 201958 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BY
Received 13 Feb 2019Former Saltergate Health Centre 107 Saltergate Chesterfield S40 1LA
Received 14 Feb 201936 Shaftesbury Avenue Ashgate Chesterfield S40 1HN
Received 14 Feb 2019Development Land West Of Loundsley Green Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Feb 2019Armytage Industrial Estate Station Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9ET
Received 15 Feb 2019Land Adj 12 Cavendish Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9DH
Received 15 Feb 2019Leyfield House Lowgates Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TR
Received 19 Feb 201915 Aspley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HG
Received 15 Feb 2019Land At Hall Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 20 Feb 2019Handleywood Farm Whittington Road Barrow Hill S43 2PW
Received 21 Feb 2019Former Staveley Works Works Road Hollingwood Derbyshire
Received 21 Feb 201971 Manor Road Brimington S43 1NN
Received 21 Feb 2019Newbold C Of E School Cranborne Road Newbold S41 8PF
Received 22 Feb 2019Holly House School Church Street North Old Whittington S41 9QR
Received 22 Feb 201935 Purbeck Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NP
Received 22 Feb 2019Records 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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