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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614 approved · 907 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 May 2025Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 May 2025Business House 1 Calow Lane Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0AL
Received 18 May 2025101 Calow Lane Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0BA
Received 15 May 2025328 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BW
Received 19 May 2025Robinsons Caravans Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 20 May 2025Land Adjacent To 65 St Johns Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 May 202514 Park Hall Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7LR
Received 8 May 2025Land To The West Of Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 May 2025Cheslyn Hay 752 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 15 May 2025Staveley Basin Development Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Apr 2025Power Systems Ltd Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 24 Apr 202552 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LR
Received 24 Apr 2025121 Handley Road New Whittington Derbyshire S43 2EF
Received 17 Apr 202527 Foljambe Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DD
Received 25 Apr 2025D J Parker (Old TV Repair Shop) Station Road Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9AW
Received 22 Apr 2025Grangers International Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 19 May 2025Market Hall Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AR
Received 24 Apr 2025Market Hall Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AR
Received 24 Apr 2025Tilleys Vintage Magazines 21 Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EF
Received 19 May 202511 Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 22 May 2025Nursery Rhymes Day Nursery 619 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9DX
Received 22 May 2025Land Lying To The West Of Hague Lane Chesterfield
Received 22 May 2025Church Of The Holy Family 200 Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EP
Received 26 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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