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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584 approved · 761 refused · 273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Revolution House High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9JZ
Received 22 Jul 2022Land To The Side Of 307 High Street New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2AP
Received 25 Jul 202293A High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 22 Jul 2022Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 26 Jul 2022152 Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2LG
Received 26 Jul 202239 Ringwood Meadows Brimington Derbyshire S43 1FE
Received 26 Jul 202268 Brushfield Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XE
Received 25 Jul 202247 Highbury Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7HL
Received 1 Aug 2022Arcot 51 Somersby Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7LY
Received 1 Aug 2022Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 2 Aug 2022305 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 2 Aug 2022Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Aug 202211 Moorpark Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RL
Received 1 Aug 2022Land Between 37 - 39 Highfield Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Aug 202240 Westmoor Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1PT
Received 3 Aug 2022Upper Close 17 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 4 Aug 20223 Spital Brook Close Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0GD
Received 4 Aug 2022Malthouse Court Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LL
Received 4 Aug 202237 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 4 Aug 2022Brampton Manor 107 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 4 Aug 2022Land Adj 72 Walton Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BY
Received 4 Aug 2022279 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 5 Aug 2022128 Brushfield Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XE
Received 4 Aug 2022Car Park Opposite Cemetery Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 5 Aug 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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