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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578 approved · 743 refused · 268 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 2012 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
6 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AA
Received 13 Mar 202032 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JT
Received 13 Mar 2020Land To The Side Of 1 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 17 Mar 2020Land At Middlecroft Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 17 Mar 202094 Lansbury Avenue Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3AS
Received 17 Mar 2020Victoria Hotel Lowgates Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TR
Received 17 Mar 2020Trinity Court Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PS
Received 17 Mar 2020210 Lockoford Lane Tapton S41 0TQ
Received 18 Mar 2020Unit 3 Smeckley Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9PZ
Received 17 Mar 2020Plover Hill Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 18 Mar 202011 Selby Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3HA
Received 19 Mar 2020Long Cottage 79 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 19 Mar 20206 Cannon Court Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SH
Received 19 Mar 202097 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BZ
Received 19 Mar 20206 Cannon Court Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1SH
Received 19 Mar 2020Markham Vale Services Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 20 Mar 2020The Baden Powell Centre Victoria Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7FE
Received 20 Mar 2020Goldwell Rooms Car Park Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Mar 20201 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 19 Mar 20204 Brookfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NX
Received 20 Mar 202027 Yew Tree Drive Somersall S40 3NB
Received 23 Mar 202011 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DJ40
Received 24 Mar 2020Holywell Cross Car Park Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Mar 20206 Damson Croft Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2HY
Received 25 Mar 2020Records 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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