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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578 approved · 739 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Avondale Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3EQ
Received 3 Dec 201997 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 3 Dec 20195 Chiltern Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4QY
Received 2 Dec 2019Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 4 Dec 2019Former Department Store Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Dec 201945 Calow Lane Hasland Derbyshire S41 0AP
Received 4 Dec 201919 Edinburgh Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7HF
Received 5 Dec 2019Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 5 Dec 20197 Holbrook Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3JP
Received 5 Dec 20193 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield S40 3PQ
Received 6 Dec 201919 Brearley Hall Woodmere Drive Old Whittington Chesterfield S41 9TA
Received 6 Dec 2019244 Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TB
Received 9 Dec 2019Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Wheatbridge Retail Park Wheatbridge Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AB
Received 5 Dec 20192 New Houses Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EJ
Received 10 Dec 201918 Medlock Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3NH
Received 10 Dec 2019Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 10 Dec 2019Land To The East Of Lodge Close Brimington Chesterfield S43 1PB
Received 11 Dec 201915 Westwood Drive Inkersall Chesterfield S43 3DF
Received 11 Dec 20191 Avondale Road Chesterfield S40 4TF
Received 11 Dec 2019Chesterfield Skoda 1 Discovery Way Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9EG
Received 11 Dec 2019Arnold Clark Motorstore Meltham Lane Chesterfield S41 7LG
Received 12 Dec 2019London Borough Estate Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Dec 2019262 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield S43 2ET
Received 12 Dec 201912 Cavendish Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9DH
Received 12 Dec 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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