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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578 approved · 734 refused · 267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Whitecotes Park Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RT
Received 18 Jun 201942 Avenue Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8TA
Received 20 Jun 201919 Errington Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EP
Received 20 Jun 201924 Netherthorpe Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PU
Received 20 Jun 2019Warehouse Adj To Unit 17 Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 20 Jun 20192 Stephenson Place and 1 Cavendish Street Chesterfield S40 1XP
Received 21 Jun 2019The Hawthornes 8 Lancaster Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TR
Received 21 Jun 20192 Stephenson Place and 1 Cavendish Street Chesterfield S40 1XP
Received 21 Jun 2019592A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 21 Jun 2019Precision Products Ltd 1 Cobnar Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RQ
Received 19 Jun 201924 Chesterfield Road Brimington S43 1AD
Received 24 Jun 2019Land To The East Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 24 Jun 2019Ravensdale 26 Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1AD
Received 21 Jun 2019335 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 24 Jun 201958A Coronation Road Brimington S43 1EX
Received 24 Jun 2019Little Lions Day Nursery Elder Court Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UT
Received 24 Jun 20195 Old Sycamore Place Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7FB
Received 24 Jun 2019269 Walton Road Walton S40 3BT
Received 25 Jun 2019Rear Of Builders Yard Heywood Street Brimington Derbyshire
Received 25 Jun 2019Land At Windmill Way Brimington Derbyshire
Received 25 Jun 2019Former Car Park Land Adjacent 6 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Jun 20194 Hillside Drive Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3AE
Received 26 Jun 201940 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 26 Jun 201929 Ormsby Road Newbold Chesterfield S41 8SA
Received 27 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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