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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614 approved · 910 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eckington Road To Hague Lane Eckington Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 May 2025Holbrook Farm Renishaw Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3DW
Received 22 May 2025137 Station Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2HW
Received 23 May 202520 Paxton Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TN
Received 27 May 202525 Miriam Avenue Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NF
Received 27 May 2025Sycamore House Smeckley Wood Close Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9PZ
Received 27 May 2025Peter Webster Centre Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LQ
Received 28 May 202551 Cranleigh Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BH
Received 28 May 2025Land Between George Street and Victoria Street North Broomhill Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 May 2025317 - 319 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LQ
Received 28 May 2025218 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ER
Received 29 May 2025218 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ER
Received 29 May 202575 Moorland View Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DD
Received 29 May 2025Staveley Miners Welfare Fc Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3JL
Received 2 Jun 2025181 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QL
Received 2 Jun 2025Land At Enterprise Way Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 May 2025Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 May 2025Land At Prospect Park Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 May 2025Hasland Junior School Broomfield Avenue Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LY
Received 3 Jun 2025Seventh Day Adventist Church Church Street North Old Whittington Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 3 Jun 20251 Loxley Close Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DQ
Received 2 Jun 2025Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 2 Jun 2025Shorts Financial Services 2 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AA
Received 4 Jun 202510 Quantock Way Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4LL
Received 4 Jun 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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