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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.
580 approved · 756 refused · 271 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Express High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LQ
Received 15 Feb 2022Unit 3 Stonegravels Industrial Estate Meltham Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LG
Received 15 Feb 2022Land Adjacent Sedgemoor Close and West Of Loundsley Green Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Feb 202235 Pomegranate Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BL
Received 17 Feb 2022Land At 46 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 15 Feb 2022St Francis Community Centre Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PD
Received 18 Feb 2022108 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JJ
Received 18 Feb 202216 Selby Close Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HA
Received 17 Feb 2022Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 18 Feb 20223 Ashleigh Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9NA
Received 21 Feb 2022Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield S40 3QT
Received 22 Feb 2022Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 22 Feb 2022Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 22 Feb 202216 Grove Gardens Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QS
Received 21 Feb 2022Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Grangewood Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Feb 2022Garage Site Adjacent 23 Roecar Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9PN
Received 23 Feb 202236 Newbold Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AT
Received 24 Feb 2022Moorview House High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1FA
Received 25 Feb 202210 Oldridge Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4UF
Received 25 Feb 2022220 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ER
Received 25 Feb 202214 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PF
Received 28 Feb 202284 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8BA
Received 28 Feb 202211 Rushen Mount Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JU
Received 28 Feb 2022Land To The East Of 115 Bamford Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3DE
Received 17 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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