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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583 approved · 761 refused · 273 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elder Unitarian Chapel Elder Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UR
Received 7 Jul 20226 Kennet Vale Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EW
Received 7 Jul 2022St Peter and St Paul School Hady Hill Hady Chesterfield S41 0EF
Received 8 Jul 202226 Vernon Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1EP
Received 8 Jul 202231 Rockingham Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JE
Received 7 Jul 2022Land Adj 72 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BY
Received 8 Jul 202243 Orchards Way Walton Derbyshire S40 3DA
Received 8 Jul 2022The Barn 2 Church View Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AN
Received 11 Jul 202227 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 9 Jul 2022MARKS & SPENCER Unit 1B Ravenside Retail Park Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 12 Jul 2022MARKS & SPENCER Unit 1B Ravenside Retail Park Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 12 Jul 20225 Mary Ann Street Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EP
Received 13 Jul 2022Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 12 Jul 20229 - 15 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 13 Jul 2022Ryro Engineering Shaw Street Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 9AY
Received 13 Jul 2022Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall and Hole Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 14 Jul 2022Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall and Hole Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 14 Jul 2022Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Derbyshire
Received 14 Jul 2022211 Langer Lane Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JW
Received 15 Jul 2022Edinburgh House Millennium Way Sheepbridge Chesterfield S41 8ND
Received 15 Jul 2022Land At Enterprise Way Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 15 Jul 2022Trevilla 73 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 15 Jul 202220 Brookside Bar Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PJ
Received 15 Jul 20226 Hunters Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1GB
Received 15 Jul 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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