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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579 approved · 754 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Hady Miners Welfare Club Houldsworth Drive Hady S41 0BS
Received 27 Sept 2021Land To The East Of Linacre Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Sept 202144 Redvers Buller Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EH
Received 27 Sept 2021210 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AL
Received 27 Sept 202137 Wharf Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NE
Received 25 Sept 2021The Chantry 39 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 27 Sept 2021Lorien 6 Thornfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LG
Received 28 Sept 202122 St Margarets Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SX
Received 28 Sept 202133 Peterdale Road Brimington S43 1JA
Received 29 Sept 202126 Linden Drive Hasland S41 0NQ
Received 29 Sept 202189 Brushfield Road Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4XF
Received 29 Sept 202196 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe S40 2LR
Received 29 Sept 2021560 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JS
Received 28 Sept 2021The Trumpeter Harehill Road Grangewood S40 2NG
Received 30 Sept 2021Development Land Opposite Hazlehurst Avenue Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 Sept 2021Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 1 Oct 2021519 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3AU
Received 1 Oct 202112 Lichfield Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3EZ
Received 1 Oct 202149 Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HF
Received 1 Oct 202132 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 1 Oct 20211 - 3 Cobden Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TD
Received 1 Oct 2021139 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HL
Received 29 Sept 20216 Woodnook Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PZ
Received 30 Sept 2021Unit 218 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JN
Received 5 Oct 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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