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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.
587 approved · 769 refused · 274 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Oct 202235 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PG
Received 12 Oct 2022288 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AJ
Received 13 Oct 2022Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 13 Oct 20224 Woodthorpe Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BZ
Received 13 Oct 20227 Kirkdale Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2UX
Received 14 Oct 2022213 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 17 Oct 202226 Netherthorpe Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PX
Received 17 Oct 202216 Albion Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LJ
Received 17 Oct 2022538 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AY
Received 17 Oct 20221 Loxley Close Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DQ
Received 17 Oct 202232 Walton Crescent Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PJ
Received 17 Oct 202215 Mcmahon Avenue Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3HN
Received 17 Oct 2022Haddon House 1 Quarry Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AS
Received 17 Oct 2022Walton Hospital Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HW
Received 18 Oct 2022Land Adj. 72 Walton Road Walton Derbyshire S40 3BY
Received 17 Oct 20223 Branton Close Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2NL
Received 17 Oct 20221 Ralph Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PY
Received 18 Oct 20221 Ralph Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PY
Received 18 Oct 2022Post House Nursery 15 High Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 19 Oct 2022Land To The Rear Of 101 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HL
Received 19 Oct 202230 Dukes Drive Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8QG
Received 20 Oct 2022Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 20 Oct 20223 Inkersall Farm Cottages Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire S43 3YJ
Received 20 Oct 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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