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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.
592 approved · 783 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Former Service Centre Brimington Road North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BH
Received 16 May 2023Land To The North Of Northmoor View Chesterfield Brimington Derbyshire
Received 16 May 2023Land To North Of Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 May 202320 Avondale Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TF
Received 17 May 202343-45 Whittington Hill Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EZ
Received 18 May 2023Parkside Community School Boythorpe Mount Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2NS
Received 18 May 202314 Whinfell Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8BF
Received 19 May 2023Russell House 16 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 19 May 20236 Hartside Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LB
Received 22 May 2023Barrow Hill Primary School Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 22 May 202316 Wingerworth Way Grangewood Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JD
Received 23 May 2023Sewage Farm Unnamed Track From Hague Lane To Sewage Works Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 May 202347-49 Duke Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PD
Received 25 May 202347-49 Duke Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3PD
Received 25 May 2023Car Park To The Rear Of Council House Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 May 2023Former Site Of Avenue House Avenue Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 May 2023Ks2 Support Centre Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 26 May 2023The Oaks 534 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3AY
Received 26 May 2023The Oaks 534 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 3AY
Received 26 May 2023464 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BD
Received 26 May 2023Oldfield Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 26 May 2023Hady House 75 Hady Hill Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 30 May 202352 Lindale Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JH
Received 30 May 2023The Old Crane Hire Yard (Walton Fields Farm) Walgrove Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 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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