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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.
614 approved · 897 refused · 292 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Valencia Waste Management Ltd Erin Landfill Site Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 3 Apr 2025Former Public Conveniences Market Place Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UR
Received 8 Apr 202514 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 8 Apr 2025401 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8AG
Received 8 Apr 202566 South Street North New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2AB
Received 8 Apr 2025Rose Hill United Reformed Church Soresby Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JW
Received 9 Apr 202527 Packers Row Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RE
Received 9 Apr 202527 Packers Row Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RE
Received 9 Apr 20256 Longcliff Walk Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4FE
Received 10 Apr 20254 Matlock Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JQ
Received 8 Apr 2025Hurst House 11 Abercrombie Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LW
Received 11 Apr 2025Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PR
Received 10 Apr 2025Grangers International Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 10 Apr 2025Storage Above 431 - 435 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LU
Received 10 Apr 2025Arnold Clark Motorstore Meltham Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LG
Received 14 Apr 20253A Wharf Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NE
Received 14 Apr 202544 Miriam Avenue Somersall Derbyshire S40 3NF
Received 14 Apr 202541 Gregory Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1RD
Received 14 Apr 202518 Station Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1JH
Received 14 Apr 2025143 Gloucester Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7DE
Received 15 Apr 20253 Water Meadow Lane Upper Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8XP
Received 15 Apr 2025Brierley Wood Track From District Boundary To Birch Hall Golf Club Unstone Derbyshire
Received 15 Apr 20256 Station Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2HS
Received 16 Apr 202543 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EA
Received 16 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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