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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.
582 approved · 758 refused · 273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
209-211 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BA
Received 8 Jun 2022Units 1 - 4 Highlands Place Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RN
Received 7 Jun 202294 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NH
Received 9 Jun 202238 Highland Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 9 Jun 202232 Larch Way Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4ET
Received 9 Jun 2022Congregational Church Chapel Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1HZ
Received 9 Jun 202220 Ringwood Avenue Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8RB
Received 10 Jun 2022Brampton Primary School School Board Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DD
Received 9 Jun 2022109 Chesterfield Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3QJ
Received 13 Jun 2022Unit 1 Brimington Road North Industrial Park Brimington Road North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AJ
Received 13 Jun 20225 Barnes Road Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0BX
Received 14 Jun 202282 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QB
Received 13 Jun 202218 Booker Close Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3WA
Received 14 Jun 202222 Staunton Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2FE
Received 14 Jun 2022Trinity Court Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 7PS
Received 15 Jun 202232 High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9JT
Received 16 Jun 202238 Ashgate Avenue Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JD
Received 16 Jun 2022Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 15 Jun 20221 Ashurst Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XZ
Received 16 Jun 2022Ravenside Retail Park, Unit 1B Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 16 Jun 202222 Foljambe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NW
Received 17 Jun 202222 Foljambe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NW
Received 17 Jun 2022Unit 6B Alma Leisure Park Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EZ
Received 17 Jun 2022Manor Syck Farm 132 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 17 Jun 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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