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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609 approved · 885 refused · 292 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 Grangewood Road Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2TD
Received 16 Mar 202516 Derwent View Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BA
Received 14 Mar 202524 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EE
Received 16 Mar 20251 New Beetwell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1QR
Received 16 Mar 2025Plover Hill Farm, Farm House View Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 16 Mar 202581 High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 17 Mar 202582 Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PD
Received 17 Mar 2025Broomhill Farm Broomhill Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EA
Received 18 Mar 202531 Durham Close New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ED
Received 18 Mar 2025122 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9JA
Received 18 Mar 2025Hurst House 11 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 19 Mar 2025Hurst House 11 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 19 Mar 202584 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PP
Received 18 Mar 202534 Hillside Drive Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2DB
Received 19 Mar 202534 Greenways Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HF
Received 19 Mar 20253 Westwood Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 19 Mar 2025Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PR
Received 19 Mar 2025Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Mar 202517 Meakin Street Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0AU
Received 21 Mar 202516 Stanley Street Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EZ
Received 21 Mar 2025The Oaks 534 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AY
Received 21 Mar 202528 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 20 Mar 2025259 Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3SA
Received 21 Mar 2025209 - 211 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BA
Received 20 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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