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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578 approved · 739 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
21 Bent Lane Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UG
Received 23 Dec 201940 Kent Street Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PL
Received 23 Dec 201965 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Chesterfield S40 3NB
Received 23 Dec 2019Holy Trinity Rectory 31 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 23 Dec 2019Holy Trinity Rectory 31 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 23 Dec 201962 Netherfield Road Somersall Chesterfield S40 3LS
Received 24 Dec 201931 Manor Drive Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NJ
Received 24 Dec 2019132 High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield S41 9LE
Received 30 Dec 201911 Church Street Staveley S43 3TL
Received 30 Dec 2019Cavendish House 590A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3JX
Received 30 Dec 2019Land Adjacent Trinity Court Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PS
Received 30 Dec 2019Bowling Green Broom Gardens Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NH
Received 31 Dec 20195 Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RW
Received 2 Jan 2020178 Broomhill Road Old Whittington Chesterfield S41 9EB
Received 6 Jan 202014 Douglas Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0UD
Received 23 Dec 201910 Booker Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3WA
Received 6 Jan 2020The Barley Mow 52 Saltergate Chesterfield S40 1JR
Received 7 Jan 2020Newbold Court Offices 2 and 7 Brome Head Way Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AN
Received 7 Jan 202019 Somerset Drive Brimington Chesterfield S43 1DH
Received 8 Jan 2020Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Hady Chesterfield S41 0EE
Received 8 Jan 202011 Dorset Drive Brimington Chesterfield S43 1DS
Received 8 Jan 202014 Pine Street Hollingwood Chesterfield S43 2LG
Received 8 Jan 2020Manor Cottage Balmoak Lane Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QQ
Received 8 Jan 20201 Alum Chine Close Hasland Derbyshire S41 0PU
Received 8 Jan 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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