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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.
613 approved · 891 refused · 292 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 28 Mar 2025Richmond House Fan Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PT
Received 31 Mar 2025High Street Dental Clinic 38 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 31 Mar 2025High Street Dental Clinic 38 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 31 Mar 202538-40 High Street Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 31 Mar 202538- 40 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 31 Mar 2025Headland House 10 Headland Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QU
Received 31 Mar 20258 Burnbridge Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9LR
Received 31 Mar 2025Chesterfield College Infirmary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NG
Received 31 Mar 2025Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 31 Mar 202581 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LT
Received 31 Mar 20258 Woodnook Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JB
Received 31 Mar 2025Land Off Bent Lane Bent Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 31 Mar 2025Staveley Miners Welfare Fc Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3JL
Received 31 Mar 202512 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EX
Received 2 Apr 2025198 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AL
Received 3 Apr 2025Land To The East Of Linacre Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Apr 202542B Chester Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DW
Received 4 Apr 2025Staveley Landfill Site Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Apr 2025Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Derbyshire
Received 7 Apr 2025Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 7 Apr 202525 Boythorpe Crescent Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2NX
Received 7 Apr 2025Land Adjacent To 45 Alexandra Road East Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 7 Apr 2025Valencia Waste Management Ltd Erin Landfill Site Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 3 Apr 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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