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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594 approved · 790 refused · 277 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walton Hospital Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HW
Received 20 Sept 2023Former Ashbrook Centre Cuttholme Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Sept 2023Land At North East To Markham Vale and Employment Site and M1 and The South West Of B6419 Seymour Link Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire
Received 20 Sept 20236 Penmore Close Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0SH
Received 22 Sept 202320 Ringwood Avenue Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8RB
Received 18 Sept 2023101 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EG
Received 22 Sept 2023Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Sept 2023189 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 26 Sept 2023Land Adjacent 392 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DD
Received 27 Sept 2023Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 27 Sept 2023Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Sept 2023Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Sept 2023Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Sept 2023Land At The Brushes Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Sept 2023Richard Lester Transport Fan Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PT
Received 29 Sept 2023Bowling Green South Place Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Sept 202310 Larch Way Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4ET
Received 29 Sept 2023Land West Of Wash House Lane Wash House Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Oct 2023Bank Chambers Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 2 Oct 2023Bank Chambers Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 2 Oct 202311 Woodland Walk Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4YB
Received 2 Oct 20235 Walgrove Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PX
Received 2 Oct 202338 Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PA
Received 3 Oct 2023Manor Syck Farm 132 Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 3 Oct 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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