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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.
609 approved · 876 refused · 289 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Aug 2010 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Robinsons Caravans Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 11 Feb 2025Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 11 Feb 2025Land At Enterprise Way Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Feb 2025Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Feb 2025Piccadilly Heights Wain Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0GF
Received 14 Feb 2025Higham To Mosborough Trunk Main System To The Lowtown Main
Received 12 Feb 202573 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 17 Feb 2025Land Of Former 4 Highfield Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Feb 2025Sycamore House Smeckley Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9PZ
Received 17 Feb 2025Unit 11 Whitting Valley Road Trading Estate Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 14 Feb 20251 St Margarets Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SY
Received 18 Feb 20251 Foxbrook Drive Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JR
Received 19 Feb 2025Stirling Court Lister Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NZ
Received 20 Feb 2025Land Off Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Feb 2025Hulford Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Feb 2025Robinsons Caravans Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 21 Feb 2025West Lawn 47 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 24 Feb 2025Robinsons Caravans Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 21 Feb 2025Land Adjacent To 65 St Johns Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Feb 202579 Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HH
Received 21 Feb 202552 School Board Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1ET
Received 24 Feb 202545 Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2LP
Received 24 Feb 202516A Eyre Street East Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PQ
Received 24 Feb 2025Land West Of Wash House Lane Wash House Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Feb 2025Records 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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