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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580 approved · 756 refused · 271 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Care Home 59 St Augustines Road Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2SA
Received 28 Feb 20227 Newbold Drive Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AP
Received 24 Feb 2022277 Walton Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BT
Received 24 Feb 2022Chesterfield Arms 40 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PH
Received 24 Feb 202238 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 25 Feb 202244 Hedley Drive Brimington Derbyshire S43 1BF
Received 28 Feb 202228 Cromwell Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TH
Received 1 Mar 2022Unit 218 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JN
Received 1 Mar 2022Brimington Road North Industrial Park, Unit 4 Brimington Road North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AJ
Received 2 Mar 202237 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 2 Mar 202247B Chester Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DN
Received 3 Mar 202226 Westwood Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 3 Mar 202226 Westwood Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 3 Mar 2022Brierley Wood Track From District Boundary To Birch Hall Golf Club Unstone Derbyshire
Received 2 Mar 2022Elmwood House 141 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LQ
Received 3 Mar 2022Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 4 Mar 2022Harehill Mews Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire S40 2NG
Received 4 Mar 20229 Kinder Road Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3HR
Received 4 Mar 202295A High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 3 Mar 202234 Newbridge Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1LY
Received 4 Mar 202210 Spencer Avenue Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BX
Received 4 Mar 20226 Fairfield Drive Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PU
Received 7 Mar 2022Hollingwood Lock House 22 Works Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2PF
Received 7 Mar 2022Staveley Miners Welfare Fc Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3WL
Received 7 Mar 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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