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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.
593 approved · 788 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Enterprise Way Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 Aug 202312 Bridle Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BY
Received 9 Aug 202324-26 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RF
Received 10 Aug 2023Valencia Waste Management Ltd Erin Landfill Site Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 10 Aug 2023Victoria Park, War Memorial Duke Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PD
Received 11 Aug 2023146 St Johns Road Newbold Derbyshire S41 8PE
Received 11 Aug 202311 Woodland Walk Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4YB
Received 11 Aug 202396 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JU
Received 11 Aug 2023SMH Group Stadium 1866 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NZ
Received 14 Aug 202393 Sycamore Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LP
Received 14 Aug 2023Unit 25 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 15 Aug 202320 and 22 Foxbrook Drive Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 14 Aug 2023Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QT
Received 16 Aug 2023Land Adjacent Harehill Road Grangewood Derbyshire
Received 17 Aug 2023West Barn Somersall Hall Drive Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LH
Received 18 Aug 2023277 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 18 Aug 202337 Walton Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DN
Received 21 Aug 2023Pine Bank Day Centre 9 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 21 Aug 20238 St Josephs Court Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3GQ
Received 21 Aug 2023Land South Of Walton Hospital Harehill Road Grangewood Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Aug 202331 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AG
Received 22 Aug 2023Brimington Road North Industrial Park, Unit 2 Brimington Road North Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AJ
Received 23 Aug 2023Dunston Hall Garden Centre Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RL
Received 25 Aug 2023The Old Crane Hire Yard (Walton Fields Farm) Walgrove Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Aug 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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