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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.
619 approved · 951 refused · 301 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2009 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
141 Langer Lane Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JP
Received 17 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To 65 St Johns Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Oct 2025Land To The Rear Of 175 Station Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Oct 20255 Spire Heights Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TG
Received 17 Oct 202510 Private Drive Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LB
Received 20 Oct 2025Alma Leisure Park, Unit 1 Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EZ
Received 20 Oct 2025Development Land West Of Loundsley Green Road Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Oct 2025144 Hady Lane Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0DE
Received 20 Oct 20259 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BY
Received 20 Oct 2025The Cedars Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3FL
Received 20 Oct 2025Scarsdale Health Centre Nightingale Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PF
Received 21 Oct 2025Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Oct 202542 Ralph Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PY
Received 22 Oct 2025Timber Yard Union Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4SB
Received 23 Oct 2025Erin Landfill Site Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5HS
Received 23 Oct 2025116 Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PD
Received 23 Oct 2025116 Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PD
Received 23 Oct 202521 Bellhouse Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UA
Received 24 Oct 202518 Highfield Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EY
Received 24 Oct 2025Eyre Gardens Highfield Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EL
Received 27 Oct 2025Universal Hydraulics Ltd Carrwood Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QB
Received 27 Oct 2025121A Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EF
Received 27 Oct 20256 Little Brind Road Upper Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8XW
Received 28 Oct 202520 Newbold Avenue Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AR
Received 29 Oct 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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