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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.
583 approved · 758 refused · 273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
575 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 17 Jun 20227 Millstream Close Walton Derbyshire S40 3DS
Received 16 Jun 2022Manor Syck Farm 132 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 20 Jun 20222 Hathern Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PS
Received 21 Jun 2022Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 21 Jun 2022Highfield Hall Primary School Highfield Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8AZ
Received 21 Jun 202212 Redgrove Way Walton Derbyshire S40 3JN
Received 22 Jun 2022The Old Station Station Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AW
Received 22 Jun 2022The Trumpeter Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire S40 2NG
Received 22 Jun 20225 Salcey Square Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2DX
Received 22 Jun 20222 Victoria Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9DW
Received 22 Jun 2022Holly House School Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QR
Received 22 Jun 202243 Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8RJ
Received 22 Jun 20227 Walton Walk Boythorpe S40 2QQ
Received 23 Jun 2022Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 23 Jun 2022Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 23 Jun 2022386 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 23 Jun 202286 Salisbury Avenue Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PN
Received 23 Jun 2022148 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BU
Received 24 Jun 202216 Selby Close Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HA
Received 24 Jun 2022Chesterfield Asphelt Chesterfield Ready Mixed Plant Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QJ
Received 25 Jun 2022Park Hall Farm Walton Back Lane Walton Derbyshire S42 7LT
Received 25 Jun 2022Park Hall Farm Walton Back Lane Walton Derbyshire S42 7LT
Received 25 Jun 2022Park Hall Farm Walton Back Lane Walton Derbyshire S42 7LT
Received 25 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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