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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578 approved · 751 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Opposite 14B Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EX
Received 7 May 202112 Broughton Road Newbold S41 8DX
Received 10 May 2021Holmebrook Valley Family Centre, Promises Day Nursery Wardgate Way Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4SL
Received 10 May 202112 Kendal Road Newbold Chesterfield S41 8HY
Received 10 May 20219 Sedbergh Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 8DY
Received 6 May 20219 Byron Road Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2TH
Received 10 May 2021109 Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield S43 3QJ
Received 11 May 202112 Endowood Road Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LX
Received 11 May 2021McDonalds Restaurant Ltd West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1BB
Received 11 May 2021Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 12 May 202120 Newby Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8HG
Received 11 May 2021328A Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NX
Received 11 May 2021Development Land Opposite Hazlehurst Avenue Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 May 202119 Delves Close Walton S40 2BU
Received 13 May 2021Football Pitches Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield S40 4RW
Received 14 May 2021Debenhams Unit 1B Ravenside Retail Park Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 14 May 202126A Circular Road Staveley Chesterfield S43 3QX
Received 17 May 2021Land Adjacent To 1A Whitebank Close Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 May 20217 Darwent Road Tapton Chesterfield S41 0UE
Received 17 May 202140 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 17 May 202176 Old Road Chesterfield S40 2QT
Received 18 May 202116 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QW
Received 17 May 2021Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 10 May 2021Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 10 May 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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