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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.
579 approved · 754 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
West Barn Somersall Hall Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LH
Received 13 Sept 2021756 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 10 Sept 202119 Arbour Close Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LG
Received 13 Sept 20218 Ullswater Place Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8ER
Received 13 Sept 20212 Park Hall Gardens Walton Derbyshire S42 7NQ
Received 10 Sept 202155 Foxbrook Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 14 Sept 202125 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 14 Sept 202126 Westwood Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 15 Sept 2021Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 17 Sept 20211 Orchard View Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BU
Received 15 Sept 2021Highways 18 Matlock Road Chesterfield S40 3JQ
Received 19 Sept 202134 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 20 Sept 2021Land Adjacent To 65 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 16 Sept 2021152 Old Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HG
Received 17 Sept 20213 Chander Mews Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3AL
Received 20 Sept 2021338 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QH
Received 21 Sept 2021Development Land Opposite Hazlehurst Avenue Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Sept 2021The Lilacs Glasshouse Farm Glasshouse Lane New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DQ
Received 20 Sept 2021Smurfit Kappa Land At M1 Commerce Park Markham Lane Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 22 Sept 20211 Portland Close Chesterfield S41 7NX
Received 22 Sept 202110 Portland Close Chesterfield S41 7NX
Received 22 Sept 202153 Heaton Street Chesterfield S40 3AF
Received 23 Sept 2021Devonshire Arms 3A Mansfield Road Hasland S41 0JB
Received 24 Sept 2021Pynot Fields 19B Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 24 Sept 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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