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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.
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Chesterfield Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chesterfield Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates13,600Searchable applications
230Recorded as pending
39%Approval rate · 1,615 approved or refused records
988Refused applications
627 approved · 988 refused · 313 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Drainage and water enquiriesLocal plan Planning policy and the Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01159713550Council source
- Planning enquiries08001385385Council source
- Planning enquiries01159351166Council source
- General council enquiriesplanning@chesterfield.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areasNo boundary records available in this collection
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- DecidedCHE/26/00112/CLOPUD
Use of C3 (dwellinghouse) as C2 (children's care home for one child)
272 Brimington Road Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TB
Received 16 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00113/TPO
Pollarding of Sycamore tree
252 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AW
Received 12 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00114/NMA
Non material amendment to application CHE/23/00701/FUL (Development of a 72 bedroom care home with associated car parking, landscaping and infrastructure)
Land To The West Of Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00115/CPO
DCC Consultation: Installation of Ferric Dosing Kiosk and associated Motor Control Kiosk (MCC) at the existing Staveley Sewage Works
Sewage Farm Unnamed Track From Hague Lane To Sewage Works Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00116/CPO
DCC Consultation: Application for retrospective consent for raising the land and proposed use of the land for inert waste recycling facility
Brookside Caravan Storage Whittington Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PW
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00117/DOC
Discharge of Condition 12 (Additional building details) of application CHE/22/00275/FUL- Refurbishment of existing hall for the provision of community facilities including cafe, sports hall, meeting and function rooms and day nursery including external works such as a new entrance, alterations to entrances, windows, cladding, metalwork and increasing of the height to a rear section and the demolition of some later 1970s extensions
Barrow Hill Memorial Hall 3 Station Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PG
Received 17 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00120/HOU
2 Storey extensions and alterations along with landscaping works
25 Walton Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DN
Received 17 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00122/HOU
Single storey rear extension with flat roof following demolition of existing conservatory
16 Glenthorne Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3AR
Received 18 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00123/HOU
Proposed single storey side extension with flat roof
2 Breckland Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LJ
Received 18 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00124/HOU
Erection of a single storey wooden multi purpose structure
20 Wentworth Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JB
Received 18 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00126/DOC
Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) of application CHE/22/00422/FUL- Change of use from TV repair shop to auto garage and single storey rear extension and covered area
D J Parker (Old Tv Repair Shop) Station Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9AW
Received 19 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00128/HOU
Single-storey rear extension, front porch, dormer windows to the front and rear elevations and garage
43 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EA
Received 20 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00129/AGR
Proposed portal frame and sheeted agricultural building/barn
City Farm Unnamed Road From Dark Lane To City Farm Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QQ
Received 19 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00130/DOC
Discharge of conditions 4 (Materials), 8 (Lighting), 11 (WSI), 15 (Structural survey) & 16 (Revised details of hard surfacing) of application CHE/24/00130/FUL- Extension and conversion of existing garage to create ancillary accommodation to the main dwelling including external changes to the existing roof and external walls
9 Woodthorpe Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BZ
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00131/DOC
Discharge of employment and skills plan requirement of Section 106 agreement for CHE/13/00675/OUT
Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00132/FUL
New boundary wall to corner of Factory Street to development approved under application number CHE/24/00591/FUL
Land On Goytside Road Corner Factory Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00133/TPO
Works to trees
Land At Cheedale Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00134/HOU
Reduction of rear garden level with new boundary fencing. Installation of shipping container to create garage space. Replacement vehicle gates
73 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LW
Received 25 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00136/HOU
Erection of a garage
220A Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NW
Received 26 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00138/TPO
Works to Hawthorn trees
16 Westfield Gardens Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3SN
Received 26 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00139/DOC
Discharge of conditions 5 (HMMP), 6 (species enhancement), 10 (hard/soft landscaping), 11 (landscaping) and 16 (Employment and Training Scheme) of CHE/25/00294/FUL- Office/warehouse building and service yard with associated infrastructure and landscaping
Land North Of Markham Vale Environment Centre Markham Lane Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00140/CPO
(NEDDC Consultation) Use of land as traveller site with 2 pitches
Land East Of Bonne Vienne Staveley Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 27 Feb 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00141/DOC
Discharge of conditions 25 (Drainage verification) & 26 (Contamination) of application CHE/23/00455/FUL- Construction of a two storey further education facility, including the demolition of the existing North Block 1 building, new steel fire escape stair to the North Block 4 building and landscaping
Chesterfield College Infirmary Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NG
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00142/ADV
Fascia sign and projecting sign
396 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BQ
Received 2 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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