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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578 approved · 734 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 South Of Poplar Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 3 Sept 20191 Beeley Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3EB
Received 3 Sept 201929 Wheathill Close Holme Hall Chesterfield S42 7JZ
Received 5 Sept 2019St Johns Church St Johns Road Newbold S41 8QN
Received 5 Sept 201912 Westwood Drive Inkersall S43 3DF
Received 6 Sept 2019Chiltern Glass Fibre Barker Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DU
Received 6 Sept 2019501 Newbold Road Newbold S41 8AE
Received 6 Sept 20197 Stoops Close Newbold S40 4YE
Received 9 Sept 20192 The Hazelmeres Hazel Drive Walton S40 3FE
Received 9 Sept 2019189 Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LL
Received 9 Sept 2019756 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 9 Sept 2019Land At Breckland Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3LJ
Received 9 Sept 201922-24 Station Road Whittington Moor S41 9AQ
Received 10 Sept 2019St Josephs RC Church Chesterfield Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QF
Received 6 Sept 2019Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 5 Sept 2019Morgans 1 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LL
Received 11 Sept 20199 Newhaven Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3DX
Received 11 Sept 201915 Edward Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3RN
Received 11 Sept 2019Land Surrounding 146 To 152 Hady Lane Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire
Received 12 Sept 2019McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Markham Vale Services Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HB
Received 12 Sept 2019Shop 16 and 17 Market Hall Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AR
Received 13 Sept 20196 Brincliffe Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3DU
Received 13 Sept 2019Bank Close House Residential Home Hasland Road Hasland Derbyshire S41 0RZ
Received 11 Sept 20191 Fuller Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0UG
Received 16 Sept 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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