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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579 approved · 754 refused · 270 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Universal Hydraulics Ltd Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield S41 9QB
Received 25 Oct 2021Dunston Hall Garden Centre Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 25 Oct 2021Sports Ground Whitebank Close Hasland Derbyshire
Received 25 Oct 20217 Delph Bank Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RN
Received 25 Oct 202124 Hazel Drive Walton S40 3EN
Received 26 Oct 2021141 Handley Road New Whittington S43 2EP
Received 27 Oct 2021Tesco Petrol Station Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AL
Received 27 Oct 2021Technique Stadium 1866 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8NZ
Received 21 Oct 202110 Endowood Road Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LX
Received 25 Oct 2021Land Adj 15A Wayside Court Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1BS
Received 28 Oct 202132 Walton Crescent Boythorpe S40 2PJ
Received 29 Oct 2021Land North Of 87 High Street and West Of 3 Ashleigh Close Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 25 Oct 202149 Foxbrook Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 25 Oct 2021The Old Rectory 408 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 26 Oct 202132 Hillside Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 2DB
Received 28 Oct 2021187A Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JQ
Received 27 Oct 2021Land Behind 49 and 51 Pomegranate Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7BL
Received 28 Oct 2021Adjacent 929 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9EJ
Received 2 Nov 2021Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield S41 7TX
Received 2 Nov 2021Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield S41 7TX
Received 2 Nov 202112 Melrose Close Chesterfield S40 1JA
Received 2 Nov 20213A Wharf Lane Chesterfield S41 7NE
Received 2 Nov 2021Alma Leisure Park, Unit 6A Derby Road Chesterfield S40 2EZ
Received 2 Nov 2021Development Site At Former Commerce Centre Canal Wharf Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Nov 2021Records 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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