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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616 approved · 920 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TW
Received 18 Jul 2025Former Adjacent 929 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EJ
Received 17 Jul 20252 Rutland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LY
Received 21 Jul 20251 Swithland Close Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0XY
Received 17 Jul 202542 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 17 Jul 2025Ark Tavern Chesterfield Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1AD
Received 21 Jul 20253 Water Meadow Lane Upper Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8XP
Received 22 Jul 20252-8 High Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 23 Jul 2025Wilko 1A Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 23 Jul 2025Gordon Lamb (Nissan and Renault) Discovery Way Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EG
Received 23 Jul 2025Sutton Court Lodge 2 Chesterfield Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1AD
Received 21 Jul 2025Former Adjacent 929 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EJ
Received 23 Jul 2025Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Jul 2025Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Jul 202527 Packers Row Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RE
Received 24 Jul 2025Land At Prospect Park Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Jul 202521 Westmoor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PT
Received 25 Jul 2025129 Middlecroft Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3NF
Received 25 Jul 202519 Aviemore Close New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2AY
Received 28 Jul 202517 Aviemore Close New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2AY
Received 28 Jul 202543 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 29 Jul 20258 Swan Street Poolsbrook Derbyshire S43 3FU
Received 30 Jul 202514 Collishaw Close Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0ES
Received 30 Jul 202533 Coupland Close Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TB
Received 29 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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