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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614 approved · 905 refused · 295 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Northwood Tissue Goytside Works Goyt Side Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PH
Received 1 May 2025Methodist Church Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NR
Received 6 May 2025Manor House 84 Whittington Hill Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9HA
Received 6 May 2025Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 6 May 2025739 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9ED
Received 6 May 2025Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 1 May 2025Monkwood Community Centre Monkwood Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8DG
Received 7 May 2025Monkwood Community Centre Monkwood Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8DG
Received 7 May 20251 Storforth Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0PP
Received 7 May 202529 Rother Avenue Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1LG
Received 7 May 202512 Old Houses Piccadilly Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EH
Received 12 May 2025The Green Nursing Home 45 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 12 May 2025Market Place Staveley Derbyshire S43 3UR
Received 12 May 20252 - 8 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 9 May 202530 Hoylake Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NQ
Received 12 May 2025155 Coniston Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JD
Received 13 May 2025Wain Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 May 2025Land Off School House Way Newbold Derbyshire
Received 13 May 202528 Cedar Street Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LE
Received 14 May 2025Chesterfield Road Farm 34A Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 May 2025Unit 1 Alma Leisure Park Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EZ
Received 13 May 20252 - 8 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 14 May 202529 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 14 May 202550 Highland Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EZ
Received 15 May 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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