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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.
616 approved · 919 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Derbyshire County Council Social Services Dept West Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TY
Received 9 Jul 2025Chesterfield College Infirmary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NG
Received 9 Jul 202529 Cromwell Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TH
Received 9 Jul 202521 Staunton Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2FE
Received 8 Jul 2025Robinsons Caravans Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 11 Jul 2025Robinsons Caravans Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Between 34 and 38 Lake View Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DR
Received 11 Jul 2025Former Old Whittington Miners Welfare Club and Bowling Green Station Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Jul 2025177 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AN
Received 11 Jul 202510 The Meadows Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JY
Received 14 Jul 20257 Marchwood Close Brockwell Chesterfield S40 4DT
Received 14 Jul 2025Former Old Whittington Miners Welfare Club and Bowling Green Station Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Jul 20251 Mansfeldt Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7BW
Received 14 Jul 202531 Somersall Lane Somersall Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 14 Jul 2025Verge Outside M1 Commerce Park Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 Jul 2025The Little Castle Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 15 Jul 2025Land To The West Of Dunston Lane Newbold Derbyshire
Received 15 Jul 2025Inkersall Green Sports Pavilion Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 Jul 2025Fields House Dock Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AB
Received 16 Jul 2025Land At Blunt Avenue Junction Edale Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Jul 2025Garages Miller Avenue Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Jul 20257 Thirlmere Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8EH
Received 16 Jul 2025Brimington Medical Centre Foljambe Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DD
Received 15 Jul 202510 Tapton View Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JS
Received 16 Jul 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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