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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587 approved · 775 refused · 275 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 Nov 2022Verge Between Hillside Drive and Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3AE
Received 1 Dec 2022Tapton Park Innovation Centre Brimington Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TZ
Received 2 Dec 2022Land To The Rear Of 127 Newbold Road Newbold Derbyshire
Received 2 Dec 2022Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall and Hole Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 2 Dec 2022Morgans 1 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LL
Received 1 Dec 2022Ashford Court Newland Dale Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7QQ
Received 2 Dec 202220 Woodthorpe Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield S43 3BZ
Received 5 Dec 2022464 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BD
Received 5 Dec 20221 Stanier Court Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0QG
Received 7 Dec 2022Knightsbridge Court West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1BA
Received 7 Dec 202243 Greenbank Drive Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BS
Received 7 Dec 202261 Mansfield Road Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JE
Received 8 Dec 202216A Eyre Street East Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PQ
Received 8 Dec 202216A Eyre Street East Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PQ
Received 8 Dec 20228 Myrtle Grove Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2LN
Received 8 Dec 2022St John's Farm Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 12 Dec 2022Land To The Rear Of 52 Whittington Hill Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Dec 202231 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AG
Received 9 Dec 202264 Peak View Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NN
Received 12 Dec 2022277 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 12 Dec 2022Former Site Of Avenue House Avenue Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire
Received 13 Dec 2022Whittington Road Generation Site Whittington Road Barrow Hill Derbyshire S43 2PW
Received 13 Dec 202243 Newbold Village Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8RJ
Received 14 Dec 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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