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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578 approved · 750 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
5 Quarry Lane Chesterfield S40 3AS
Received 11 Jan 202129 Meadowhill Road Hasland Chesterfield S41 0BG
Received 11 Jan 202156 Cobden Road Chesterfield S40 4TD
Received 11 Jan 202138 Spire Heights Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BF
Received 11 Jan 202118 Booker Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3WA
Received 11 Jan 202123 Aviemore Close New Whittington S43 2AY
Received 11 Jan 20213 Grove Cottages Bobbin Mill Lane Chesterfield S40 3DP
Received 11 Jan 2021232 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QN
Received 11 Jan 2021Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 8 Jan 2021151A Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QL
Received 8 Jan 2021Burlington House Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RX
Received 15 Jan 202150 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AY
Received 15 Jan 202163 Pomegranate Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BL
Received 15 Jan 202118 Pomegranate Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BN
Received 15 Jan 2021Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Hady S41 0EE
Received 15 Jan 202137 Danby Avenue Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9NH
Received 18 Jan 2021103 Peveril Road Newbold S41 8SG
Received 18 Jan 20213 Fuller Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0UG
Received 18 Jan 2021374 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 5 Jan 2021Burlington House Burlington Street Chesterfield S40 1RX
Received 19 Jan 202120 Aspley Close Chesterfield S40 4HG
Received 19 Jan 2021556 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AY
Received 19 Jan 20215 Norton Avenue Somersal Chesterfield S40 3NG
Received 19 Jan 202150 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PZ
Received 19 Jan 2021Records 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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