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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.
586 approved · 765 refused · 274 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
144 High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LF
Received 13 Sept 2022Land Between Adelphi Way and Griffin Close Adelphi Way Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Sept 202212 Westwood Close Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3JE
Received 14 Sept 2022223 Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire S41 0DA
Received 14 Sept 2022Delgan 5 Coniston Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JE
Received 15 Sept 202220 Avondale Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TF
Received 16 Sept 2022County Hotel 83 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JS
Received 16 Sept 202218 Horsewood Road Walton Derbyshire S42 7LS
Received 16 Sept 20226 Woodleigh Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XW
Received 16 Sept 202224 Hazel Drive Walton Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 16 Sept 2022Land Between George Street and Victoria Street North Broomhill Road Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 16 Sept 20229 Branton Close Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2NL
Received 16 Sept 202275 Laurel Crescent Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LS
Received 20 Sept 2022Roundabout At Chesterfield Road Junction Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Sept 202221 Miriam Avenue Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NF
Received 12 Sept 2022Hollis Lane and Spa Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Sept 2022756 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 20 Sept 202211 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 20 Sept 2022Woodthorpe Grange Farm 27 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 21 Sept 2022Former Inkersall Methodist Church Summerskill Green Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3SR
Received 21 Sept 20222-4 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TE
Received 21 Sept 20222-4 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TE
Received 21 Sept 202278 Sycamore Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2HH
Received 21 Sept 202246 Orchard View Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BU
Received 22 Sept 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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