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Chesterfield Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chesterfield Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,191Searchable applications
230Recorded as pending
42%Approval rate · 1,423 approved or refused records
824Refused applications
599 approved · 824 refused · 280 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Drainage and water enquiriesLocal plan Planning policy and the Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01159713550Council source
- Planning enquiries08001385385Council source
- Planning enquiries01159351166Council source
- General council enquiriesplanning@chesterfield.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areasNo boundary records available in this collection
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- DecidedCHE/24/00227/EIA
EIA screening opinion for multi-Storey Car Park for up to 750no. parking spaces, Landmark 69no. bedroom hotel, residential apartments, including ground floor retail space, landscaping and public open space
Former Rear Of Peel House Brimington Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7UG
Received 12 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00228/DOC
Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) of application CHE/23/00323/FUL- New shop fronts, replacement of first floor front windows
47-49 Duke Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PD
Received 12 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00229/FUL
Dormer roof
102 Hady Crescent Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EA
Received 12 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00230/FUL
Single storey front entrance porch and one/two storey side and rear extension with render to walls
129 Wellington Street New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2BG
Received 15 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00231/NMA
Non material amendment to CHE/20/00270/FUL (Stand alone storage unit)- To reduce roof height and introduce additional windows
Zachrome Works Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NH
Received 15 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00232/FUL
Single storey side extension
12 Tollbridge Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BL
Received 16 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00233/CPO
Proposed erection of a detached, single storey teaching block incorporating 4 Classrooms, a group room and ancillary spaces. Landscaping incorporating eight proposed car parking spaces and associated external modifications to the soft play area of the school adjacent to the proposal building.
Norbriggs Primary School Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BW
Received 16 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00234/FUL
Rear extension and decking area, garage alterations to form internal accommodation, front porch extension and loft conversion
97 Chantrey Avenue Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7DJ
Received 16 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00235/CPO
Variation of Condition 2 of permission reference CM2/0911/81 to be amended to "Except for aftercare of the restored land the winning and working of minerals and the restoration of the site shall be completed no later than 1 April 2025"
Staveley Landfill Site Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00236/FUL
Installation of 1 no. air source heat pump to the rear
77 Ling Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HU
Received 18 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00237/FUL
Single storey side extension and front entrance canopy
31 Peak View Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NW
Received 18 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00238/PA
Conversion of vacant office building to 4no 1 bedroom flats and 1no 2 bedroom flat
19 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UU
Received 18 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00239/NMA
Non material amendment to application CHE/22/00795/FUL (Two storey rear extension, single storey front extension to garage and increase of existing pitched roof height)- To add an additional roof light to the ground floor flat roof
6 Hartside Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LB
Received 17 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00240/FUL
Move existing wall to boundary using the same materials
6 Fairfield Drive Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PU
Received 18 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00241/FUL
Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of a new store
4 Lowgates Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TR
Received 19 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00242/RET
Retention of horse exercise and turnout area
Poplar Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5JS
Received 17 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00243/ADV
Two illuminated totem signs, 1 wayfinder information sign, 1 air and water information sign, 2 digital display signs, 6 fore court signs and 4 under canopy digital wayfinder signs
Markham Vale Electric Forecourt Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 23 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00244/ADV
4 advertising sign boards
Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00245/NMA
Non material amendment to CHE/22/00334/OUT (Provision of new access road to facilitate the development of the section of the Hartington Employment development to the west of the River Rother together with extension to the development area and the provision of potential rail access)- to allow provision of a footpath between Ireland Close roundabout and the new access road to Hartington Employment site
Land Off Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00246/FUL
Extension to the temporary planning permission (CHE/18/00602/FUL) for a temporary works security compound for the use of the Chesterfield Canal Trust volunteer work party
Land Adj 21 Bellhouse Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00247/FUL
Formation of a subterranean room with decking above, construction of a salon/office in rear garden and replacement of front porch canopy
36 Paxton Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TN
Received 22 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00248/PA
Conversion to C3 dwellinghouse
16 Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LW
Received 22 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00249/TPO
T1 Beech tree- Lateral branches over highway growing up to 8m above ground: Shorten branch tips over road by up to 3 metres to reduce weight on large low branches and remove any dead, diseased and damaged branches from the crown
Friends Meeting House 27 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AG
Received 23 Apr 2024 - DecidedCHE/24/00250/FUL
Single storey rear extension and raised patio area with garden room below
240 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ET
Received 23 Apr 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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