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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.
591 approved · 782 refused · 276 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Cross London Street Cross London Street New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 May 202326 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 3 May 202317 Netherthorpe Close Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PX
Received 3 May 2023Oak Tree Barn Bolsover Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3DB
Received 3 May 20239 St Josephs Court Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3GQ
Received 4 May 2023Hunters Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 May 2023180 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NA
Received 5 May 2023Chesterfield College Automotive Centre Units 4-6 Lockoford Lane Chesterfield S41 7HY
Received 5 May 2023Manor Syck Farm 132 Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 5 May 20237 Newbold Drive Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AP
Received 5 May 2023Pine Bank Day Centre 9 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 9 May 2023464 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BD
Received 9 May 2023Arcot 51 Somersby Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7LY
Received 9 May 202374 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 9 May 2023Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 5 May 20235 Shaftesbury Avenue Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HN
Received 10 May 2023179 Holland Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HD
Received 11 May 2023Moorlea Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JE
Received 12 May 202331 East Crescent Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5ES
Received 12 May 202332 Aspley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HG
Received 12 May 2023Scout Hut Brookfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NX
Received 12 May 202333 Peak View Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NN
Received 15 May 2023392 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 15 May 202359 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 16 May 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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