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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.
597 approved · 814 refused · 279 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
25 Porter Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UY
Received 19 Feb 202440 Middleton Drive Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3HS
Received 19 Feb 2024Foxwood Industrial Park, Unit 15 Foxwood Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RN
Received 20 Feb 2024404 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 20 Feb 2024Land North Of Gregory Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Feb 202415 High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 21 Feb 2024Land To The North Of Broomhill Road and East Of Copperfield Cottage Broomhill Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Feb 2024SMH Group Stadium 1866 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NZ
Received 22 Feb 2024Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Feb 2024Former Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QT
Received 21 Feb 2024Zachrome Works Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NH
Received 21 Feb 202415 High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 22 Feb 2024Riber Terrace, Riber Cottage Walton Walk Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QF
Received 23 Feb 2024Land At Chester Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Feb 20244 The Knoll Brookside Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PS
Received 26 Feb 202415 The Dell Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DL
Received 26 Feb 202432 Spring House Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PD
Received 27 Feb 20249 Woodthorpe Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BZ
Received 27 Feb 2024Land Adj. Poplar Motors Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QZ
Received 27 Feb 202419 Eastmoor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PR
Received 27 Feb 2024175 Boythorpe Road Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2NB
Received 28 Feb 202433 Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2JN
Received 28 Feb 20242 Heaton Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AQ
Received 29 Feb 2024Manor Syck Farm 132 Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 29 Feb 2024Records 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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