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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592 approved · 787 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Josephs RC Church Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield S43 3QF
Received 3 Jul 2023Holy Trinity Rectory 31 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 3 Jul 2023Holy Trinity Rectory 31 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 3 Jul 202315 South Lodge Court Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QG
Received 3 Jul 2023Land South Of Erin Road Junction The Grove Poolsbrook Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Jul 2023Chesterfield Express Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AL
Received 5 Jul 2023Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Grangewood Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Jul 202382 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QB
Received 5 Jul 20239 Victoria Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1HY
Received 6 Jul 2023Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 6 Jul 2023Hasland Junior School Broomfield Avenue Hasland Derbyshire S41 0LY
Received 7 Jul 2023The Green Nursing Home 45 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 7 Jul 2023Land To The East Of 140 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9JA
Received 7 Jul 2023Land North-East Of Sainsburys Roundabout Rother Way Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 7 Jul 20232 Grove Farm Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QA
Received 10 Jul 20237 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 10 Jul 2023Central Methodist Church 38 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UH
Received 11 Jul 202323 Private Drive Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LB
Received 11 Jul 202311 Station Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1JH
Received 11 Jul 2023Land To Rear Of 18 Spruce Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FG
Received 11 Jul 2023Holdsworth Cold Store Ltd Greaves Close Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5FB
Received 12 Jul 202341 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EA
Received 12 Jul 2023Jacksons Bakery New Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HE
Received 12 Jul 202329 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AG
Received 12 Jul 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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