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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609 approved · 878 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 Abbeyhill Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JL
Received 26 Feb 2025Land To The East Of Highland Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Feb 2025Cavendish House 590A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 26 Feb 20251 Burgess Close Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0NP
Received 27 Feb 2025Arnold Clark Motorstore Meltham Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LG
Received 26 Feb 202525 Porter Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UY
Received 27 Feb 2025Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 28 Feb 202526 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 28 Feb 2025Land Adjacent To Brimington Club High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1HH
Received 3 Mar 2025Rose Hill United Reformed Church Soresby Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JW
Received 3 Mar 2025Three Horseshoes Public House High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 3 Mar 202519 Spruce Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FG
Received 3 Mar 202519 Spruce Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FG
Received 3 Mar 2025Land Between 1 Goyt Terrace and Electricity Substation Goyt Side Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Feb 2025Land On Goytside Road Corner Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Mar 202514 Welfare Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1EN
Received 3 Mar 2025Land At Enterprise Way Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Mar 2025182 Middlecroft Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3NH
Received 3 Mar 202533 Grangewood Road Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2TE
Received 3 Mar 202511 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 3 Mar 202556 Miriam Avenue Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NF
Received 4 Mar 202510 Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HL
Received 4 Mar 2025218A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AT
Received 5 Mar 20255 Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BW
Received 5 Mar 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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