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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578 approved · 751 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Eyre Gardens Highfield Road Newbold S41 7EL
Received 28 May 202127 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield S40 3PQ
Received 28 May 202169 Barker Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1EQ
Received 17 May 2021145 Station Road Brimington S43 1LJ
Received 1 Jun 20215 St Margarets Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SY
Received 10 May 202177 Paxton Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TL
Received 25 May 202145 Rother Avenue Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1LG
Received 2 Jun 2021Former 93 Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PZ
Received 28 May 2021Development Land Opposite Hazlehurst Avenue Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Jun 202176 Sycamore Road Hollingwood S43 2HH
Received 3 Jun 20217 Tapton View Road Newbold S41 7JS
Received 4 Jun 2021Gkn Sheepbridge Stokes Ltd Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Jun 20214 Orwins Close Newbold Road Newbold S41 8AQ
Received 4 Jun 2021Red House Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield S41 7JH
Received 7 Jun 2021Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 7 Jun 2021Dunston Trading Estate, Units 20 and 21 Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield S41 9RF
Received 7 Jun 2021239 St Johns Road Newbold S41 8PE
Received 7 Jun 20216 - 8 Dade Avenue Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3SH
Received 7 Jun 202193 Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PZ
Received 1 Jun 2021Cock And Magpie 2 Church Street North Old Whittington S41 9QW
Received 7 Jun 2021Land Adj 20 Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire S40 2JA
Received 14 Jun 2021277 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BT
Received 3 Jun 2021Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 8 Jun 2021156 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HN
Received 8 Jun 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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