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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.
615 approved · 913 refused · 296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement Area Adj 7 Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Jun 20259 Old Pheasant Court Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3GY
Received 11 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To 5 King Street South Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2TR
Received 12 Jun 2025Unit 2 First Floor 41 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RL
Received 11 Jun 2025Unit 11 Whitting Valley Road Trading Estate Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 12 Jun 202512 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 13 Jun 202512 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 13 Jun 20256 Camerory Way New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2QF
Received 13 Jun 202512 Broadoaks Close Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EW
Received 12 Jun 202520 Spruce Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FG
Received 13 Jun 2025Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Jun 20255 Westwood Drive Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3DF
Received 13 Jun 20258 Pickton Close Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2DE
Received 16 Jun 202521 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 16 Jun 202519 Highview Close Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0DL
Received 17 Jun 2025Customer Service Centre 85 New Square Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AH
Received 17 Jun 202554 Netherfield Road Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LS
Received 17 Jun 2025Shentalls Gardens West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Jun 202512 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EX
Received 17 Jun 202537 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 17 Jun 2025Staveley Basin Development Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 2025Land At Prospect Park Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 2025Premier Inn Tapton Lock Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NJ
Received 19 Jun 2025Land Off Station Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AW
Received 19 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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