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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592 approved · 784 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 Marchwood Close Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DT
Received 30 May 20239 Sycamore Road Hollingwood Derbyshire S43 2HQ
Received 30 May 2023Former Site Of Avenue Villa Avenue Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 31 May 202328 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 1 Jun 202385 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 1 Jun 2023Somersall Hall Farm Somersall Hall Drive Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LH
Received 1 Jun 202311 Somersby Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7LY
Received 2 Jun 20231 Avondale Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TF
Received 5 Jun 2023Long Cottage 79 High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 5 Jun 2023Long Cottage 79 High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 5 Jun 2023Land Adjacent 392 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 6 Jun 2023Unit 17A Dunston Trading Estate Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RF
Received 6 Jun 2023Whittington Wastewater Treatment Works Station Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 5 Jun 2023Hasland Support Centre 38 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LN
Received 6 Jun 2023Botham Commercials Ltd Ireland Close Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PE
Received 6 Jun 202325A Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 7 Jun 2023231 Walton Back Lane Walton Derbyshire S42 7LP
Received 7 Jun 2023Land At Blunt Avenue Junction Edale Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 8 Jun 2023Garages Miller Avenue Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 8 Jun 20232 Royston Close Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7NE
Received 9 Jun 2023Land To Rear Of 20 Spruce Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FG
Received 9 Jun 20232 The Knoll Brookside Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PS
Received 12 Jun 202315 Sandiway Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HG
Received 12 Jun 20237 Sandstone Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7NS
Received 12 Jun 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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