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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.
611 approved · 887 refused · 292 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
247 Walton Back Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7AA
Received 21 Mar 2025185 Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HJ
Received 24 Mar 2025398 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QF
Received 24 Mar 2025Inspirepac Ltd Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 24 Mar 2025Staveley Basin Development Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Mar 2025West Garth 27 Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 21 Mar 202523 Millstream Close Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DS
Received 24 Mar 2025129 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JT
Received 25 Mar 20256 Longcliff Walk Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4FE
Received 24 Mar 2025The Mill 236 Station Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1LT
Received 25 Mar 2025197 Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3QL
Received 25 Mar 2025St Helena Centre 3 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LL
Received 25 Mar 202542 Frecheville Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3XF
Received 25 Mar 2025Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Mar 2025Walton Hospital Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HW
Received 26 Mar 2025Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Mar 2025Long Cottage 79 High Street Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LA
Received 26 Mar 202544 Franklyn Drive Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3YA
Received 26 Mar 202551 Greenbank Drive Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BS
Received 26 Mar 2025Aldi Stores Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 27 Mar 202521 Paisley Close Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3NS
Received 26 Mar 2025Carberry Wood 7 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 28 Mar 202523 Sandstone Avenue Walton CHesterfield Derbyshire S42 7NS
Received 28 Mar 2025Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 28 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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