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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.
598 approved · 819 refused · 280 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 26 Mar 2024277 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 26 Mar 20242 Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JB
Received 25 Mar 2024Hunters Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Mar 202448 Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HQ
Received 25 Mar 2024East Lodge Boythorpe Crescent Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2NX
Received 26 Mar 20241 Shrubbery Close Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7FJ
Received 27 Mar 2024Staveley Miners Welfare Fc Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3WL
Received 27 Mar 2024Land To The East Of Linacre Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Apr 202419 Ivy Close Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9JX
Received 3 Apr 202412 Orchard View Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BU
Received 3 Apr 202420 Aspley Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HG
Received 3 Apr 20245 Melrose Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JA
Received 3 Apr 2024Land Between 1 Goyt Terrace and Electricity Substation Goyt Side Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Apr 20248 Eliot Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PF
Received 4 Apr 2024Aston Court Hassop Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3YW
Received 8 Apr 202424 Cromford Drive Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TB
Received 9 Apr 202439 Oakley Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DS
Received 9 Apr 2024366 Brimington Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TF
Received 9 Apr 202410 St Philips Drive Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0RG
Received 8 Apr 2024Land At Enterprise Way Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Apr 2024Hollingwood Lock House 22 Works Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PF
Received 11 Apr 2024Former Simply Gym Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LF
Received 12 Apr 20248 Ash Tree Close Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RZ
Received 11 Apr 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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