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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578 approved · 752 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Acacia Avenue Hollingwood S43 2JE
Received 25 Jun 202140 Lilac Street Hollingwood S43 2JG
Received 29 Jun 2021Chesterfield Waterside Development Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire
Received 25 Jun 2021Brampton Manor 107 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 25 Jun 202125 Windmill Way Brimington Derbyshire S43 1GR
Received 29 Jun 2021219 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 28 Jun 2021159 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HG
Received 29 Jun 202110 Ians Way Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4PY
Received 29 Jun 20219 Sedbergh Crescent Newbold S41 8DY
Received 30 Jun 2021Sewage Farm Unnamed Track From Hague Lane To Sewage Works Mastin Moor Derbyshire
Received 1 Jul 2021398 Old Road Chesterfield S40 3QF
Received 1 Jul 2021Land Adj Former St Josephs Rc Church Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield S43 3QF
Received 2 Jul 2021406 Old Road Chesterfield S40 3QF
Received 2 Jul 2021200 High Street New Whittington Chesterfield S43 2AP
Received 2 Jul 202118 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QW
Received 1 Jul 202120 Foxbrook Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 30 Jun 2021Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 1 Jul 2021Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 1 Jul 2021Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire
Received 1 Jul 202110 Old Houses Piccadilly Road Chesterfield S41 0EH
Received 5 Jul 2021618 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 2 Jul 2021The Lilacs Glasshouse Farm Glasshouse Lane New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DQ
Received 5 Jul 202124 Dukes Drive Newbold Chesterfield S41 8QG
Received 6 Jul 2021450 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor S41 8LF
Received 7 Jul 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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