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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581 approved · 757 refused · 272 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
182 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NA
Received 13 Apr 2022Land Adjacent 11 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 13 Apr 2022Hsbc Bank Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TN
Received 14 Apr 2022Hsbc Bank Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TN
Received 14 Apr 2022Land Adjacent 11 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Apr 202241 Gregory Close Brimington Derbyshire S43 1RD
Received 14 Apr 2022The Glass Yard, Unit 2 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JY
Received 14 Apr 2022All Inn Lowgates Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TX
Received 15 Apr 2022626 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 19 Apr 2022Former 9 and 9A Wensley Way Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Apr 2022201 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PE
Received 13 Apr 202238 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JG
Received 19 Apr 202261 Somersall Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LD
Received 20 Apr 2022Plymouth Brethren Christian Church 135 Littlemoor Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QP
Received 20 Apr 20228 Holmebank West Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AS
Received 21 Apr 2022Land Adj 20 Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire S40 2JA
Received 21 Apr 2022509 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AE
Received 21 Apr 2022Land At Enterprise Way Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 22 Apr 202210 Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2NL
Received 25 Apr 2022Barrow Hill Memorial Hall 3 Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 25 Apr 2022Old Hardys Yard 194 - 196 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7AF
Received 22 Apr 2022139 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 22 Apr 2022Units 11A and 11B Sheepbridge Works Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 19 Apr 2022300 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BW
Received 27 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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