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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.
627 approved · 986 refused · 311 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stand Park Industrial Estate Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JT
Received 5 Feb 202632 Roecar Close Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9PN
Received 4 Feb 202619 Yew Tree Drive Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NB
Received 4 Feb 202610 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1UT
Received 4 Feb 2026Inkersall Primary Academy Inkersall Green Road Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3SE
Received 5 Feb 20261 North Crescent Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5EX
Received 6 Feb 2026Land To East Of Hady Primary School Hady Lane Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 Feb 2026Plover Hill Farm, Farm House View Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 9 Feb 2026Plover Hill Farm, Farm House View Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 9 Feb 20262 Woodleigh Close Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4XW
Received 9 Feb 2026Eckington Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Feb 202629 Norbriggs Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BT
Received 10 Feb 20262-14 Eyres Of Chesterfield Ltd Holywell Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SB
Received 10 Feb 2026353 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LQ
Received 10 Feb 2026Land Lying To The West Of Hague Lane Chesterfield
Received 10 Feb 2026121A Handley Road New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2EF
Received 10 Feb 2026Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PR
Received 10 Feb 2026Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 11 Feb 2026Hunloke Adult Education Centre Church Street South Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2TF
Received 11 Feb 202657 St Augustines Road Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2SA
Received 12 Feb 202635 Spital Lane Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EX
Received 10 Feb 202611 Woodland Walk Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4YB
Received 11 Feb 202616 Cartmel Crescent Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8JQ
Received 11 Feb 2026178 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NA
Received 12 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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