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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578 approved · 750 refused · 269 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
392 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 25 Nov 20204 Parkside View Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8WE
Received 25 Nov 2020406 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 25 Nov 2020376 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 25 Nov 2020Chesterfield Express Newbold Road Newbold S41 7AL
Received 26 Nov 20204 Hillside Drive Mastin Moor Derbyshire S43 3AE
Received 26 Nov 2020Morrisons Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 27 Nov 202022 Langhurst Road Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4BD
Received 27 Nov 20207 Marsden Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JY
Received 27 Nov 2020Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 30 Nov 2020Land To The Side and Rear Of 102 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 23 Nov 202015 Crown Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JX
Received 30 Nov 202019 - 25 Soresby Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JW
Received 30 Nov 2020Spire Vets Ltd 161 - 163 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PE
Received 30 Nov 202023 Gladstone Road Chesterfield S40 4TE
Received 1 Dec 202022 Ashover Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3EG
Received 23 Nov 20201 Bevan Drive Inkersall S43 3HE
Received 2 Dec 2020Land To The West Of Bevan Drive Inkersall Derbyshire
Received 2 Dec 2020Victoria Hotel Lowgates Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TR
Received 27 Nov 202046 Amber Crescent Walton Derbyshire S40 3DH
Received 2 Dec 2020Headland House 10 Headland Close Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QU
Received 2 Dec 2020Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 2 Dec 2020The Elm Tree Inn High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 2 Dec 20208 Belvedere Close Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LU
Received 30 Nov 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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