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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.
628 approved · 993 refused · 313 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wheatbridge Retail Park, Car Park At Wheatbridge Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AB
Received 25 Mar 2026Land At Prospect Park Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Mar 202634 Houldsworth Drive Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0BS
Received 26 Mar 202627 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 26 Mar 2026Land To The East Of Troughbrook Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2JP
Received 27 Mar 2026240 Walton Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3BS
Received 27 Mar 2026Oldfield Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 30 Mar 202629 Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 30 Mar 2026Land To The North Of Northmoor View Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 30 Mar 2026Land Between 34 and 38 Lake View Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DR
Received 31 Mar 20265 Spire Heights Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TG
Received 2 Apr 202637 - 39 Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TT
Received 2 Apr 202620 Newbold Avenue Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7AR
Received 31 Mar 202615 Endowood Road Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LX
Received 7 Apr 2026Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 7 Apr 202647 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2DY
Received 7 Apr 2026Markham Vale Electric Forecourt Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 9 Apr 2026The Pump House Farm The Paddocks Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BS
Received 10 Apr 2026168 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NW
Received 10 Apr 2026Land Off Hartfield Close Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Apr 2026Dunston Grange Farm Dunston Lane Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RJ
Received 10 Apr 202635 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 10 Apr 2026Land To North Of Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To 65 St Johns Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Apr 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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