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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578 approved · 734 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Staveley Miners Welfare Fc Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3WL
Received 31 May 20193 Raneld Mount Walton Derbyshire S40 3RE
Received 31 May 20198 Bryn Lea Hady Derbyshire S41 0EP
Received 3 Jun 2019Former Chesterfield Post Office 1 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TL
Received 3 Jun 2019Former Chesterfield Post Office 1 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TL
Received 3 Jun 2019Ashgate Croft School Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BN
Received 31 May 2019Land Adj 63 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JU
Received 3 Jun 2019Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow S44 5BL
Received 4 Jun 2019Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield S41 7NA
Received 4 Jun 2019Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield S41 7NA
Received 4 Jun 2019Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield S41 7NA
Received 4 Jun 2019Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield S41 7NA
Received 4 Jun 201910 Staunton Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2FE
Received 3 Jun 201921 Bellhouse Lane Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UA
Received 4 Jun 2019St Thomas' Church Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AW
Received 4 Jun 20192 Healaugh Way Chesterfield S40 2UU
Received 5 Jun 2019Precision Products Ltd 1 Cobnar Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RQ
Received 4 Jun 201915 Woodland Walk Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4YB
Received 6 Jun 201926 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PF
Received 6 Jun 201915 Chestnut Drive Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LZ
Received 6 Jun 2019Markham Vale Services, Kfc Enterprise Way Duckmanton S44 5FD
Received 7 Jun 2019K F C Lockoford Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 7EW
Received 7 Jun 201998 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2LR
Received 7 Jun 2019122 The Green Hasland S41 0JU
Received 10 Jun 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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