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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.
590 approved · 781 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
31 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 7 Apr 202339, 39A and 41 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 11 Apr 202326 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 12 Apr 20233 Cromwell Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TH
Received 13 Apr 2023Land North-East Of Sainsburys Roundabout Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Apr 2023Tapton Business Park Brimington Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7UP
Received 13 Apr 202367 Windermere Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8DT
Received 12 Apr 2023Royal Court Basil Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SL
Received 12 Apr 2023Walton Hall 85 Foljambe Avenue Walton Derbyshire S40 3EY
Received 12 Apr 202317 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 12 Apr 202317 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 12 Apr 202315 The Dell Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DL
Received 14 Apr 202335 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EX
Received 13 Apr 2023Dunston Hall Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 17 Apr 202332 Fairfield Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TP
Received 17 Apr 2023Ponds Yard Farm Renishaw Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3DW
Received 17 Apr 202397 The Green Hasland Derbyshire S41 0JT
Received 17 Apr 20234 Woodthorpe Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BZ
Received 18 Apr 2023Land North-East Of Sainsburys Roundabout Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 6 Apr 2023Bowling Green South Place Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Apr 20238 Kentmere Way Middlecroft Staveley Derbyshire S43 3TW
Received 19 Apr 20233 Kelburn Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DG
Received 20 Apr 202365 Swaddale Avenue Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0SX
Received 20 Apr 20235 Southmoor Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PY
Received 21 Apr 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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