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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.
584 approved · 761 refused · 273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
129 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EP
Received 18 Jul 2022All Inn Lowgates Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TX
Received 15 Jul 202290 Highland Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 18 Jul 20228 Littlemoor Centre Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QW
Received 18 Jul 2022Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 18 Jul 2022Woodside 343 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 19 Jul 2022Land To Rear Of 194 Holland Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HD
Received 19 Jul 2022102 Manor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 19 Jul 2022Land West Of Wash House Lane Wash House Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Jul 2022Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club Hawksley Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TW
Received 20 Jul 202223 Orchards Way Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DA
Received 20 Jul 2022110 Hady Crescent Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EA
Received 19 Jul 2022Land At East Of A61Known As Chesterfield Waterside Brimington Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Jul 20228 Littlemoor Centre Newbold Derbyshire S41 8QW
Received 18 Jul 202219 Badger Croft Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4PJ
Received 21 Jul 2022110 Langer Lane Birdholme Derbyshire S40 2JJ
Received 21 Jul 20223 Bradwell Place Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3DG
Received 21 Jul 2022Rose Cottage 481 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AD
Received 22 Jul 202265 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 22 Jul 2022Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 22 Jul 202265 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 22 Jul 2022Highfield Hall Primary School Highfield Lane Newbold Derbyshire S41 8AZ
Received 22 Jul 202293A High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 22 Jul 202224 Chesterfield Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1AD
Received 22 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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