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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.
626 approved · 984 refused · 310 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Walton Works Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BN
Received 27 Jan 2026St Helena Centre 3 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LL
Received 27 Jan 2026Land South Of Springfield Farm At The Corner Of Gapsick Lane and Worksop Road Whitwell Common
Received 27 Jan 202618 Highfield Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EY
Received 28 Jan 202620 Highfield Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7EY
Received 28 Jan 2026Rossi 9 - 13 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RS
Received 28 Jan 2026Upper Close 17 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LA
Received 29 Jan 202615 High Street Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DE
Received 27 Jan 2026Land To The East Of Linacre Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 29 Jan 20265 Pondwell Drive Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PH
Received 29 Jan 202651 Highfield View Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JZ
Received 29 Jan 202699 Foljambe Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EY
Received 30 Jan 2026132 Mansfield Road Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0JQ
Received 2 Feb 2026King George V Playing Field Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Feb 202613 Stone Lane New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2DG
Received 2 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To 45 Alexandra Road East Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 2 Feb 202688 Swaddale Avenue Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0SU
Received 3 Feb 20261 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 3 Feb 202691-97 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LA
Received 3 Feb 2026Markham House Markham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TG
Received 3 Feb 2026Unit 11 Whitting Valley Road Trading Estate Whitting Valley Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EY
Received 2 Feb 20261 Ash Tree Close Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RZ
Received 4 Feb 2026Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Feb 2026Lyndhurst Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3RX
Received 4 Feb 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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