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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587 approved · 774 refused · 275 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Fenland Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RH
Received 10 Nov 202248 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 11 Nov 2022177 Keswick Drive Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8HQ
Received 14 Nov 20227 Hedley Drive Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1BF
Received 14 Nov 202217 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 14 Nov 2022Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 16 Nov 202210 Station Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AQ
Received 16 Nov 202225 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 17 Nov 202275 Norwood Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0NJ
Received 17 Nov 202272 Stanley Avenue Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3SY
Received 17 Nov 2022Arnold Clark Motorstore Meltham Lane Chesterfield Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LG
Received 21 Nov 20228 Lake View Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DR
Received 21 Nov 2022694 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PB
Received 21 Nov 2022Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 22 Nov 20226 Hartside Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LB
Received 22 Nov 2022Sports Bar Adj 37 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 23 Nov 20222A George Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9DR
Received 23 Nov 202235 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 23 Nov 20224 New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1QR
Received 24 Nov 2022104 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HN
Received 24 Nov 2022Brampton Manor 107 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 25 Nov 2022Existing Offices Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall and Hole Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 28 Nov 202210 Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2NL
Received 28 Nov 2022Zero Workshop New Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JZ
Received 30 Nov 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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