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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579 approved · 754 refused · 270 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Stephenson Place Chesterfield S40 1XP
Received 30 Nov 20212 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XP
Received 30 Nov 2021Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 1 Dec 202110 Stanford Way Walton Derbyshire S42 7NH
Received 30 Nov 20213 Moorview House High Street Brimington S43 1FA
Received 2 Dec 202124 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield S43 2EE
Received 2 Dec 2021Newbold Fields House Dunston Road Chesterfield S41 9RW
Received 3 Dec 2021Stand Road Recreation Ground Stand Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8SW
Received 3 Dec 202148 Brushfield Road Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4XE
Received 3 Dec 2021Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 3 Dec 2021Lifestyle Village High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 3 Dec 2021770 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 3 Dec 2021White Gates 770 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3PN
Received 6 Dec 2021Development Land Opposite Hazlehurst Avenue Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JN
Received 2 Dec 2021All Inn Lowgates Staveley S43 3TX
Received 7 Dec 2021Site Adj. St Columba's Church Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3SE
Received 8 Dec 202149 Queen Street Chesterfield S40 4SF
Received 9 Dec 2021Land Adjacent To 1A Whitebank Close Hasland Derbyshire
Received 9 Dec 202135 Holywell Street Chesterfield S41 7SH
Received 9 Dec 2021175 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield S43 2EP
Received 10 Dec 2021Unit 2 Eastside Park Eastside Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BU
Received 10 Dec 202137 Glenfield Crescent Newbold Derbyshire S41 8SF
Received 9 Dec 202129 Foxbrook Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 9 Dec 20218 Easedale Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XP
Received 9 Dec 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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