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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579 approved · 754 refused · 270 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
303 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4DB
Received 23 Dec 2021Tesco Extra Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EW
Received 23 Dec 2021Land South Of Erin Road Junction The Grove Poolsbrook Derbyshire
Received 31 Dec 202112 Melrose Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JA
Received 22 Dec 2021175 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BX
Received 6 Dec 202111 Station Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1JH
Received 4 Jan 202222 Rhodes Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AY
Received 5 Jan 2022Land South Of Erin Road Junction The Grove Poolsbrook Derbyshire
Received 6 Jan 202217 Bellhouse Lane Staveley Chesterfield S43 3UA
Received 10 Jan 2022Elm Lodge Nursing Home Stand Road Newbold S41 8SJ
Received 10 Jan 202232 North Crescent Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5EZ
Received 7 Jan 2022130 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 10 Jan 2022Land To The East Of 140 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9JA
Received 10 Jan 202233 Pomegranate Road Newbold S41 7BL
Received 11 Jan 202273 Cotterhill Lane Brimington S43 1NL
Received 11 Jan 202219 Foxbrook Court Walton S40 3SS
Received 11 Jan 202216 Tylney Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3NZ
Received 10 Jan 2022Ridgewood House Residential Home 13 Dukes Drive Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QB
Received 10 Jan 2022Development Site At Eastside Park Eastside Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Jan 20222 Ashleigh Close Old Whittington S41 9NA
Received 12 Jan 2022196 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4AL
Received 12 Jan 202294 St Augustines Avenue Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2SJ
Received 11 Jan 2022Unit 218 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JN
Received 12 Jan 2022Holywell Cross Car Park Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Jan 2022Records 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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