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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.
596 approved · 797 refused · 277 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
31 Peak View Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NW
Received 4 Dec 2023Former 9 and 9A Wensley Way Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Dec 2023119 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0HL
Received 5 Dec 20237 Pearson Croft Upper Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8WX
Received 5 Dec 202360 Morris Avenue Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7BA
Received 5 Dec 202363 Circular Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3QU
Received 5 Dec 2023754 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 5 Dec 202326 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RF
Received 6 Dec 2023Land To The North Of Balmoak Lane Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 7 Dec 2023Former 9 and 9A Wensley Way Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 7 Dec 2023Former 9 and 11 Paisley Close Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3NS
Received 7 Dec 2023Adjacent 929 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EJ
Received 8 Dec 2023247 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AQ
Received 8 Dec 20231 Treeneuk Gardens Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FH
Received 7 Dec 202315 High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 8 Dec 202315 High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 8 Dec 202340 Clarence Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LQ
Received 11 Dec 2023Stirling Court Lister Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NZ
Received 11 Dec 2023Ashgate Court Mews Fairfield Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TU
Received 11 Dec 2023Rose Cottage 481 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AD
Received 12 Dec 2023Ravenside Retail Park, Unit 5 Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 12 Dec 2023Ravenside Retail Park, Unit 5 Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 12 Dec 202315 High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 8 Dec 202315 High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 8 Dec 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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