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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578 approved · 750 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former 9 and 11 Paisley Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3NS
Received 24 Feb 2021Garage Sites Bank Street Chesterfield S40 1BH
Received 24 Feb 202128 Ringwood Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8RB
Received 24 Feb 202120 Brookside Bar Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PJ
Received 24 Feb 20212A Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BN
Received 24 Feb 2021Land At Former 59 59 St Augustines Road Birdholme S40 2SA
Received 25 Feb 2021257 Hasland Road Hasland S41 0AA
Received 26 Feb 20218 Delph Bank Chesterfield S40 3RN
Received 26 Feb 2021Rear Of 66 South Street North New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AB
Received 26 Feb 202163 Rutland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1ND
Received 26 Feb 2021Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 1 Mar 20216 Sunningdale Rise Walton Derbyshire S40 3HH
Received 1 Mar 202199 Manor Road Brampton Derbyshire S40 1HZ
Received 1 Mar 2021Ashton Lodge 28 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 1 Mar 202172 Paxton Road Tapton S41 0TN
Received 1 Mar 2021West Garth 27 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 1 Mar 20217 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield S41 7LL
Received 2 Mar 2021101 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DZ
Received 3 Mar 2021The Oaks 534 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AY
Received 3 Mar 202175 Highland Road New Whittington S43 2EZ
Received 3 Mar 202197 Calow Lane Hasland Derbyshire S41 0BA
Received 3 Mar 202115 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 2 Mar 202139 Chesterfield Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1AB
Received 2 Mar 2021The Walton Dam Nation 5 Breckland Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3LJ
Received 3 Mar 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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