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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581 approved · 757 refused · 272 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brett Martin Stephenson Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3JP
Received 5 Apr 2022Holywell House Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SD
Received 5 Apr 2022Holywell House Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SD
Received 5 Apr 2022Telecommunications Mast Chesterfield Miners Welfare Chester Street Chesterfield S40 1DL
Received 5 Apr 202255 Princess Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1HP
Received 6 Apr 2022171 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2NB
Received 6 Apr 202225 Summerfield Road Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2LJ
Received 5 Apr 2022118 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7BG
Received 5 Apr 20221 Westwood Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3JE
Received 6 Apr 2022145 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9HY
Received 7 Apr 2022Telefonica (47650) Telecommunications Mast Canal Wharf Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NA
Received 7 Apr 202223 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 7 Apr 20225 Wentworth Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JB
Received 8 Apr 202219 High View Close Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0DL
Received 8 Apr 2022277 Walton Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BT
Received 8 Apr 202236 Rose Hilll Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LR
Received 7 Apr 202263 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 9 Apr 202243 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RL
Received 11 Apr 2022T1 - Willow located within green space at the front of the Boythorpe Cadent gas compound -(53.2347,-1.43666)
Received 12 Apr 202231 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 12 Apr 2022Former Shrubberies 46 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PL
Received 12 Apr 2022Vertu Motors Pdi Centre 128 Station Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9EU
Received 13 Apr 2022Recycling Site Broombank Park Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RT
Received 12 Apr 202236 Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LR
Received 7 Apr 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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