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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.
589 approved · 781 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Church Of Saint Augustine Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EP
Received 14 Mar 202335 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 14 Mar 2023Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 14 Mar 202310 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UT
Received 14 Mar 2023450 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LF
Received 15 Mar 2023Moorlea Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JE
Received 15 Mar 2023Woodside 343 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 15 Mar 2023Woodside 343 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DB
Received 15 Mar 2023103 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2DZ
Received 17 Mar 2023Tapton Park Innovation Centre, Room 27D Brimington Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TZ
Received 17 Mar 2023110 Moorland View Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DF
Received 20 Mar 202311 Canalside Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0UQ
Received 22 Mar 202318 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BY
Received 22 Mar 2023666 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 22 Mar 2023Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Mar 202314 Bretby Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4UL
Received 23 Mar 2023Goldwell Rooms Car Park Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Mar 2023Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Mar 2023132 High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LE
Received 24 Mar 2023Land West Of Wash House Lane Wash House Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Mar 2023Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 28 Mar 202341 Cobnar Drive Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8DB
Received 28 Mar 2023190 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NA
Received 28 Mar 2023Red Lion Church Street Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JG
Received 28 Mar 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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