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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.
625 approved · 976 refused · 307 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Big Balls Pool And Sports Bar Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SH
Received 19 Jan 202613 Beeley Close Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3EB
Received 19 Jan 20267 Stuart Close Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0SW
Received 19 Jan 202625 Brookside Glen Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PG
Received 19 Jan 2026Land To The West Of Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Jan 202658 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PW
Received 16 Jan 2026D J Parker (Old Tv Repair Shop) Station Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AW
Received 20 Jan 20269 Shrubbery Close Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7FJ
Received 20 Jan 2026Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Jan 2026Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Jan 20261B Ralph Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3PY
Received 21 Jan 2026Land To The Rear Of 5-6 Walton Walk Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PQ
Received 21 Jan 202623A Mansfield Road Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JE
Received 21 Jan 2026Land To The East Of Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Jan 2026Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 21 Jan 2026Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 21 Jan 2026Land On Goytside Road Corner Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BS
Received 23 Jan 2026Land To The West Of Bevan Drive Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Jan 20262 Treeneuk Close Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RR
Received 22 Jan 2026Land To The West Of Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Jan 2026142 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LZ
Received 26 Jan 2026Chesterfield Discount Store 1 - 5 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RS
Received 26 Jan 2026Field To The East Of Hundall Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Jan 2026271 Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2ES
Received 27 Jan 2026Records 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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