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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587 approved · 777 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Markham Vale Services Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HB
Received 16 Jan 2023Lodge To Spital Cemetery 19 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0DZ
Received 12 Jan 202332B Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BU
Received 16 Jan 202351 Somersby Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7LY
Received 16 Jan 2023Jacksons Bakery New Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HE
Received 21 Mar 2023Netherthorpe School Ralph Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PY
Received 17 Jan 202325 Porter Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UY
Received 17 Jan 2023Landscape Cottage 716 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PB
Received 17 Jan 2023Whittington Sewage Works Station Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 18 Jan 202333 Coupland Close Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9TB
Received 18 Jan 202312 Sycamore Lane Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LD
Received 19 Jan 202315 South Lodge Court Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QG
Received 19 Jan 2023Police Station Eckington Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3XZ
Received 19 Jan 2023Land To The North Of Balmoak Lane Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Jan 2023Land To South Of Poplar Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Jan 202375 Ashover Road Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3EG
Received 23 Jan 202395A High Street Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9LB
Received 23 Jan 2023Hady House 75 Hady Hill Hady Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 23 Jan 2023Hady House 75 Hady Hill Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 23 Jan 2023Birchover Court and Tansley Court Highfield Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AN
Received 23 Jan 20231 Highfield View Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7HW
Received 24 Jan 2023Land To The West Of Swaddale Avenue Tapton Derbyshire S41 0SU
Received 24 Jan 202325 Hazel Drive Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 24 Jan 2023Land West Of Wash House Lane Wash House Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Jan 2023Records 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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