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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597 approved · 816 refused · 279 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Adjacent 929 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EJ
Received 13 Mar 2024Public Conveniences Market Place Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UR
Received 13 Mar 202491 Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PZ
Received 14 Mar 2024195 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JQ
Received 14 Mar 202457 Walton Drive Boythorpe Derbyshire S40 2PP
Received 14 Mar 202462-64 Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 15 Mar 2024390 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 15 Mar 2024198 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AL
Received 15 Mar 2024Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QT
Received 15 Mar 2024Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Mar 202470 Sycamore Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PS
Received 19 Mar 202436 Gloucester Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EG
Received 19 Mar 202499 Gray Court, Brm Solicitors Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LD
Received 20 Mar 2024Poplar Motors Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2QZ
Received 19 Mar 202466 South Street North New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2AB
Received 19 Mar 2024Baytree House 32 Cedar Street Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LE
Received 20 Mar 2024Burlington House Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RX
Received 20 Mar 2024Burlington House Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RX
Received 20 Mar 2024Former St Josephs Rc Church Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3QF
Received 21 Mar 2024Unit 6 Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JA
Received 25 Mar 2024Former Adjacent 929 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EJ
Received 25 Mar 20242 The Knoll Brookside Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PS
Received 25 Mar 2024Sunbeam House Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QJ
Received 25 Mar 2024Plot 7 West Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire S44 5HY
Received 26 Mar 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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