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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579 approved · 754 refused · 270 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 St Marys Gate Chesterfield S41 7TH
Received 3 Nov 202127 Porter Street Staveley S43 3UY
Received 3 Nov 2021132 High Street Old Whittington S41 9LE
Received 3 Nov 2021Ryecroft Farm Unnamed Road From Station Road To Ryecroft Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1LR
Received 30 Oct 2021Stand Park Industrial Estate Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8JT
Received 2 Nov 2021Plover Hill Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 4 Nov 2021Unit 52 Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield
Received 4 Nov 2021Land Between 37 - 39 Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 5 Nov 20212 Beechdale Close Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4EQ
Received 5 Nov 20219 Westbourne Grove Ashgate Chesterfield S40 3QD
Received 5 Nov 2021Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 5 Nov 20215 Sandstone Avenue Walton Derbyshire S42 7NS
Received 2 Nov 202131 Queen Mary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LB
Received 3 Nov 2021107 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 8 Nov 202182 Church Street North Old Whittington S41 9QP
Received 9 Nov 202192 Highland Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 8 Nov 2021396 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 5 Nov 202153 Windermere Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8DT
Received 6 Nov 202110 St Pauls Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NG
Received 7 Nov 202155 Moorland View Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3DD
Received 9 Nov 202117 Alpine Grove Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2JD
Received 1 Nov 2021232 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QN
Received 1 Nov 2021Carrwood Court Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 4 Nov 202174 Poolsbrook Road Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HB
Received 9 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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