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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614 approved · 912 refused · 296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aston Court Hassop Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3YW
Received 5 Jun 2025Hgv Testing Station Harper Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5JX
Received 5 Jun 20258 Woodnook Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JB
Received 5 Jun 202526 Westwood Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PA
Received 6 Jun 20258 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 6 Jun 202534 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PF
Received 6 Jun 2025Winding Wheel 13 Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SA
Received 9 Jun 2025160 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AF
Received 6 Jun 202516 Derwent View Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BA
Received 10 Jun 20252 Ringwood Meadows Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1FE
Received 9 Jun 2025Pavement Area Adj 7 Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 202528 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 10 Jun 2025Pavement Outside 468 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Pavement Outside St John Ambulance Station Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Pavement Outside St John Ambulance Station Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Former Adjacent 929 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EJ
Received 5 Jun 2025Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PR
Received 10 Jun 202512 Lakeside Close Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TD
Received 10 Jun 2025McDonalds 33 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PB
Received 9 Jun 2025Pavement Outside 468 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Jun 2025Pavement Outside 49 - 53 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Pavement Outside 49 - 53 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Pavement Outside 17 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Pavement Outside 17 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 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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