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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578 approved · 751 refused · 269 withdrawn.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: 31 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Netherthorpe Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PU
Received 10 May 2021Brimington House Heywood Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DB
Received 10 May 2021Cock and Magpie 2 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QW
Received 12 May 202116 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QW
Received 17 May 2021Thrifty Van Rental Whittington Way Old Whittington Chesterfield S41 9AG
Received 19 May 202115 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 19 May 2021Former North East Derbyshire County Council Council House Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LF
Received 11 May 202112A Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UT
Received 13 May 202187 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 13 May 2021Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 24 May 202118 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield S41 7LW
Received 24 May 202110 McMahon Avenue Inkersall S43 3HN
Received 24 May 202119 Elkstone Road Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4UT
Received 24 May 2021Garage Sites Bank Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 May 2021612 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3JX
Received 25 May 2021Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 21 May 2021Willets Bros Ltd King Street North Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9BA
Received 25 May 2021Bio8 Ltd Mcgregors Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WB
Received 25 May 2021Land Adj Brimington Methodist Church Hall Road Brimington Derbyshire
Received 26 May 2021Unit 4 Sheepbridge Works Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 27 May 202120 Cromdale Avenue New Whittington Chesterfield S43 2DH
Received 27 May 202162 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield S40 1HL
Received 27 May 202149 Victoria Street Chesterfield S41 7LQ
Received 27 May 202120 Ringwood Avenue Newbold S41 8RB
Received 28 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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