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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.
617 approved · 937 refused · 301 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2010 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Manor House Court Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7GX
Received 19 Sept 202511 Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 22 Sept 2025Chesterfield Panthers Rugby Football Club 2012 Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9BF
Received 22 Sept 2025Land To The East Of Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 19 Sept 202512 Wallsend Cottages Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AE
Received 23 Sept 2025St Peter and St Paul School Hady Hill Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0EF
Received 22 Sept 20253 Kelburn Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DG
Received 22 Sept 2025The Fold 4 Somersall Willows Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SR
Received 22 Sept 2025Walton Evangelical Church Moorland View Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DD
Received 23 Sept 202530 Hillman Drive Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3SJ
Received 23 Sept 2025Land At Garage Site Marsden Place Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Sept 2025Miners Arms 1 Bamford Street New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2BA
Received 23 Sept 2025Morrisons 1 Barnfield Close Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UL
Received 24 Sept 2025Morrisons 1 Barnfield Close Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UL
Received 24 Sept 20251 New Hall Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1HE
Received 24 Sept 2025Land At North East To Markham Vale and Employment Site and M1 and The South West Of B6419 Seymour Link Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 25 Sept 2025Ashgate Croft School Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BN
Received 25 Sept 2025143 Langer Lane Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JP
Received 25 Sept 2025Pe Weldright 32 High Street Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UX
Received 25 Sept 2025Dunston Grange Farm Dunston Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RJ
Received 25 Sept 2025Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 25 Sept 2025Popeyes Pizza 245 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BL
Received 24 Sept 2025Land At Prospect Park Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Sept 2025Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 26 Sept 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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