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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579 approved · 755 refused · 270 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
80 Curbar Curve Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3HX
Received 24 Jan 202266 Norwood Avenue Hasland S41 0NH
Received 24 Jan 2022134A St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8TW
Received 24 Jan 2022Neptune Inn 46 St Helens Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7QD
Received 24 Jan 2022The Works 391 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8LS
Received 24 Jan 2022Land Adj 32 Hunters Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1GB
Received 25 Jan 202210 Staunton Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2FE
Received 24 Jan 2022Land At Bamford Road Inkersall Derbyshire
Received 25 Jan 20228 Court Place Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3RJ
Received 25 Jan 202226 Trevorrow Crescent Chesterfield S40 2GH
Received 26 Jan 2022Arnold Clark Motorstore Meltham Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LG
Received 26 Jan 2022165 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2AU
Received 26 Jan 2022Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow S44 5BL
Received 27 Jan 2022York House 693 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3PE
Received 27 Jan 2022Development Site At Former Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Jan 2022Ryecroft Farm Unnamed Road From Station Road To Ryecroft Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1LR
Received 28 Jan 202217 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BY
Received 27 Jan 202215 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 27 Jan 2022Oldfield Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington S43 1QG
Received 28 Jan 202211 Moorpark Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RL
Received 1 Feb 2022Chesterfield Hotel Malkin Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7UA
Received 1 Feb 202221 Miriam Avenue Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NF
Received 1 Feb 2022Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TW
Received 2 Feb 20229 Mallory Close Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EW
Received 3 Feb 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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