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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578 approved · 744 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
16 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PZ
Received 25 Mar 202064 Jawbones Hill St Augustines Chesterfield S40 2EN
Received 30 Mar 2020116 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2LR
Received 20 Mar 2020Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 30 Mar 202068 Storrs Road Chesterfield S40 3PZ
Received 30 Mar 2020Direct Satellites 11 - 11A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AH
Received 25 Mar 2020Eckington Road To Hague Lane Eckington Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 31 Mar 2020Long Cottage 79 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 1 Apr 202056 Swaddale Avenue Tapton Derbyshire S41 0SU
Received 1 Apr 20201 Cornwall Close Brimington S43 1EG
Received 2 Apr 2020Garage Sites Bank Street Chesterfield S40 1BH
Received 2 Apr 2020Broomhill Farm Broomhill Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EA
Received 3 Apr 2020Broomhill Farm Broomhill Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EA
Received 3 Apr 202019 Dukes Drive Newbold S41 8QB
Received 3 Apr 20206 The Willows Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HN
Received 4 Apr 202024 Whitecotes Lane Walton Derbyshire S40 3HL
Received 2 Apr 202043 Broomfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LU
Received 2 Apr 2020155 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LZ
Received 2 Apr 2020Land To The Side and Rear Of 102 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 2 Apr 2020Land To The East Of 34 Queen Street Brimington Derbyshire
Received 2 Apr 202022 Newbold Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AP
Received 2 Apr 202039 Station Road Brimington S43 1JU
Received 6 Apr 202038 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JG
Received 2 Apr 2020110 Broomfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0ND
Received 6 Apr 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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