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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619 approved · 959 refused · 302 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Nov 202566 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PZ
Received 13 Nov 202540 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 13 Nov 2025High Trees 1 Hillside Drive Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2DB
Received 13 Nov 2025121 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JT
Received 12 Nov 20251-3 The Grove Poolsbrook Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3JY
Received 14 Nov 20258 Woodvale Close Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LY
Received 14 Nov 2025Land At Blunt Avenue Junction Edale Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Nov 2025Garages Miller Avenue Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 17 Nov 2025Markham House Markham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TG
Received 17 Nov 20252 Belmont Drive Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PQ
Received 17 Nov 2025Landscape Cottage 716 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PB
Received 18 Nov 202563 Dukes Drive Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8QE
Received 19 Nov 2025The Beech High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 20 Nov 2025Stables At Manor Farm Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Nov 20251 Ulverston Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8EE
Received 19 Nov 20251 Chatsworth Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JU
Received 20 Nov 20258 Thorndon Way Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DW
Received 21 Nov 2025Former Old Whittington Miners Welfare Club and Bowling Green Station Lane Old Whittington Derbyshire
Received 21 Nov 20251 North Crescent Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5EX
Received 21 Nov 2025Bt Cellnet Telephone Exchange Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UH
Received 26 Nov 2025Former Development Land To South Of Poplar Farm Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Nov 2025Land To The South Of 18 Thompson Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AR
Received 27 Nov 202520 Highfield Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EY
Received 27 Nov 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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