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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.
581 approved · 757 refused · 272 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burlington House Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RX
Received 17 Mar 2022Brampton Manor 107 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 17 Mar 20225 Infirmary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NF
Received 16 Mar 2022175 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QL
Received 16 Mar 2022Land At Cranleigh Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 18 Mar 2022Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 18 Mar 2022Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 18 Mar 202211 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LD
Received 18 Mar 202223 Avenue Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8TA
Received 17 Mar 202231 St Augustines Road Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2SF
Received 17 Mar 2022Land Adj 72 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BY
Received 17 Mar 20222 Hathern Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PS
Received 21 Mar 20225A Mansfield Road Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JB
Received 21 Mar 2022196 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AL
Received 21 Mar 2022Burlington House Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RX
Received 21 Mar 2022Burlington House Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RX
Received 21 Mar 202281 Ling Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HU
Received 21 Mar 2022263 St Johns Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8PE
Received 21 Mar 20228 Grove Farm Close Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QA
Received 21 Mar 2022241 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AQ
Received 22 Mar 202241 Hartington Road Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HE
Received 22 Mar 202235-37 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PB
Received 22 Mar 202220 Albion Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LJ
Received 23 Mar 202215 Chapel Lane West Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BG
Received 22 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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