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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.
608 approved · 850 refused · 286 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chesterfield College Infirmary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NG
Received 9 Aug 202424 Westwood Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 9 Aug 2024Staveley Basin Development Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Aug 2024Staveley Basin Development Hall Lane Staveley Derbyshire
Received 12 Aug 2024Land To The West Of Swaddale Avenue Tapton Derbyshire S41 0SU
Received 13 Aug 2024177 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AN
Received 13 Aug 2024Elmwood House Residential Home Elm Street Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LQ
Received 13 Aug 2024317-319 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LQ
Received 15 Aug 2024Former Simply Gym Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LF
Received 15 Aug 202411 Ashgate Avenue Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JB
Received 16 Aug 2024Raincliffe House, Unit 3A Barker Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DU
Received 19 Aug 202418 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PF
Received 19 Aug 2024Land Off Hall Lane Staveley Derbyshire
Received 20 Aug 20242 - 14 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SB
Received 20 Aug 202486 Highland Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 19 Aug 2024140 Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QP
Received 20 Aug 2024Land At Basil Close Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Aug 202450 Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 20 Aug 202417 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AH
Received 20 Aug 2024Masonic Hall 72 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JR
Received 19 Aug 2024277 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 21 Aug 2024Former Simply Gym Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LF
Received 21 Aug 20246 Glenavon Close New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2QG
Received 21 Aug 2024The Pump House Farm The Paddocks Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BS
Received 22 Aug 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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