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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.
594 approved · 789 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 South Street North New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2AB
Received 8 Sept 2023The Laurels 2 Park Hall Gardens Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7NQ
Received 11 Sept 202322 Ashover Road Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3EG
Received 12 Sept 2023Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QT
Received 11 Sept 2023Newland Dale Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7QQ
Received 11 Sept 20238 Westmoreland Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8FA
Received 11 Sept 202365 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NN
Received 12 Sept 2023Unit 1 Cavendish Business Park Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 12 Sept 202381 Langer Lane Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JP
Received 13 Sept 2023Universal Hydraulics Ltd Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 13 Sept 202315 Thorndene Close Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8SE
Received 12 Sept 2023Hady Meadows 73A Hady Hill Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EE
Received 12 Sept 20238 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 13 Sept 2023Land To The East Of Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Sept 2023Green Space Land To The Rear Of 8 Kentmere Way Middlecroft Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TW
Received 14 Sept 202345 Paisley Close Staveley Derbyshire S43 3NS
Received 15 Sept 202326 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 15 Sept 20232 Haddon Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BB
Received 18 Sept 202333 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 14 Sept 20237 Hedley Drive Brimington Derbyshire S43 1BF
Received 14 Sept 2023Hawkinge House 30 Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EY
Received 15 Sept 202342 Lakeside Close Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TD
Received 18 Sept 2023Middle Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5EF
Received 18 Sept 2023Peveril Filling Station 300 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Derbyshire S41 8JZ
Received 19 Sept 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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