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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581 approved · 758 refused · 273 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tapton House Brimington Road Tapton Derbyshire S41 0TD
Received 20 Apr 2022Land Opposite The Quest Unstone Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 29 Apr 2022157 Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QR
Received 29 Apr 2022172 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NW
Received 29 Apr 202269 Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2LP
Received 1 May 20223 Valley View Close Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LE
Received 29 Apr 2022Royal Bank Of Scotland 2 - 4 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XP
Received 27 Apr 202217 Southfield Avenue Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LX
Received 3 May 2022All Inn Lowgates Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TX
Received 3 May 2022Land Adj. Four Poplars Rectory Road Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5JS
Received 18 May 2022Royal Court Rear Car Park Basil Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SL
Received 3 May 2022Popeyes Pizza 245 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BL
Received 4 May 2022Popeyes Pizza 245 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BL
Received 4 May 2022Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 5 May 202272A Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TL
Received 5 May 202272A Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TL
Received 5 May 2022Development Site At Eastside Park Eastside Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 May 2022157 Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QR
Received 4 May 20229 Booker Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3WA
Received 29 Apr 2022390 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LF
Received 5 May 202240 Deerlands Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DF
Received 4 May 2022Post House Nursery 15 High Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 5 May 2022Unit 3 Co-Operative House Elder Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UR
Received 6 May 2022Development Site At Eastside Park Eastside Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 7 May 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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