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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578 approved · 734 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
81 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HF
Received 20 May 2019Jubilee Works Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3FJ
Received 20 May 2019Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall And Hole Farm Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 20 May 2019Plover Hill Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 20 May 2019Heaton Court Meynell Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BN
Received 16 May 2019Gas Bar & Bites 34 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AQ
Received 15 May 2019Gas Bar and Bites 34 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AQ
Received 20 May 20194 The Dell Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DL
Received 21 May 2019189 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LL
Received 20 May 201980 Cordwell Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BN
Received 21 May 2019Avenue House Surgery 109 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LE
Received 22 May 2019305 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 21 May 2019136 Mansfield Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JQ
Received 23 May 20196 Cannon Court Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SH
Received 24 May 20196 Cannon Court Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SH
Received 24 May 2019The Portland Hotel West Bars Chesterfield S40 1AY
Received 24 May 2019Holywell Cross Car Park Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 May 2019Land Adjacent Unit 3 Burley Close Turnoakes Industrial Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 May 201922 - 24 Station Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield S41 9AQ
Received 29 May 2019Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 28 May 20197 Raneld Mount Walton Derbyshire S40 3RE
Received 29 May 201937 Bentham Road Chesterfield S40 4EZ
Received 30 May 201945 Cheedale Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4PH
Received 30 May 2019Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 31 May 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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