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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.
621 approved · 964 refused · 302 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Lindale Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JH
Received 27 Nov 2025Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Nov 2025Former North East Derbyshire County Council Council House Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LF
Received 28 Nov 2025Garages Miller Avenue Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Nov 20255 Hassop Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4FD
Received 28 Nov 2025138-140 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AR
Received 27 Nov 202531 Springfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HL
Received 28 Nov 2025Park Hall Farm Walton Back Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7LT
Received 21 Nov 2025Longlands The Dell Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DL
Received 28 Nov 2025Units 1 & 3A Adelphi Way Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3LS
Received 1 Dec 2025Land To The East Of Linacre Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 1 Dec 2025Big Balls Pool And Sports Bar Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 1 Dec 2025Travelodge Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RW
Received 1 Dec 2025674 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NU
Received 1 Dec 2025Ravenside Retail Park Markham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 1 Dec 2025St Michaels Nursing Home 9 Chesterfield Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1AB
Received 2 Dec 2025Telecommunications Mast At Chesterfield Panthers Rugby Football Club 2012 Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Dec 2025Ravenside Retail Park, Unit 4 Park Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TB
Received 3 Dec 2025Premier Inn Tapton Lock Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NJ
Received 3 Dec 20258 Swinscoe Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4UU
Received 3 Dec 2025Aldi Stores Ltd Ringwood Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DG
Received 4 Dec 2025Mcdonalds Restaurant Ltd West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1BB
Received 5 Dec 2025Woodland To East Of Brearley Hall Woodmere Drive Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Dec 20255 Brookbank Avenue Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BA
Received 5 Dec 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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