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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.
605 approved · 845 refused · 286 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Sept 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Kingsmede Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EG
Received 5 Jul 2024Britannic House 44 Duke Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PD
Received 8 Jul 20248 Braemar Close New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EY
Received 5 Jul 20241 Bunting Close Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7NU
Received 8 Jul 202423 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 9 Jul 2024Dunston Deer Park Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 Jul 2024Land Adj 63 Station Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1JU
Received 9 Jul 2024Former Simply Gym Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LF
Received 10 Jul 2024Chesterfield Small Business Centre Pottery Lane West Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BN
Received 10 Jul 2024Petrol Filling Station And Premises Bobbin Mill Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DP
Received 11 Jul 2024Land To The West Of Bevan Drive Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jul 202437 Foxbrook Drive Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 11 Jul 202415 The Dell Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DL
Received 10 Jul 202414 Endowood Road Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LX
Received 12 Jul 20241 Kennet Vale Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EW
Received 12 Jul 2024Sheepbridge Business Centre, Unit 1B Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 12 Jul 2024Chesterfield College Automotive Centre Unit 4 Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7HY
Received 12 Jul 202436 Norwood Avenue Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0NW
Received 15 Jul 2024Land At Cross London Street Cross London Street New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 Jul 2024Land Adj 21 Bellhouse Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 Jul 202444 Staunton Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2FE
Received 15 Jul 20242 Foljambe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NW
Received 17 Jul 202428 Bradshaw Road Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3HJ
Received 17 Jul 202477 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 17 Jul 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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