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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578 approved · 734 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 7 Jun 2019Garage Sites Bank Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Jun 201917 Horsley Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XD
Received 11 Jun 20194 Ashton Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3RD
Received 11 Jun 20198 Errington Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EP
Received 12 Jun 2019127 Cordwell Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BN
Received 12 Jun 2019Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield S41 7NA
Received 13 Jun 2019Land To Rear Of 292 Manor Road Brimington S43 1NX
Received 14 Jun 2019Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 14 Jun 2019Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 14 Jun 201950 Bellhouse Lane Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UA
Received 14 Jun 2019201 Langer Lane Birdholme S40 2JW
Received 14 Jun 2019Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield S41 7NA
Received 14 Jun 2019Bristol Street Motors Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LF
Received 14 Jun 2019125 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe S40 2NE
Received 17 Jun 2019The Loft 21 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 14 Jun 2019210 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AL
Received 17 Jun 2019Land Adjacent 11 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 20198 Hartfield Close Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NU
Received 18 Jun 2019Land To The West Of Broombank Park Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Jun 201938 Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TN
Received 18 Jun 2019Barrow Hill Primary School Station Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 19 Jun 201915 Victoria Street North Old Whittington S41 9DW
Received 19 Jun 201924 Victoria Street West Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QZ
Received 20 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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