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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628 approved · 998 refused · 313 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Cemetery Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 5 May 20269 Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QN
Received 6 May 2026Former 48 Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4HQ
Received 6 May 202647B-47C Chester Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1DN
Received 5 May 202686 Moorland View Road Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DF
Received 6 May 2026Former North East Derbyshire Council House Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LF
Received 5 May 2026Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PR
Received 6 May 202637 Coupland Close Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TB
Received 6 May 2026Markham Vale Electric Forecourt Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5FD
Received 7 May 202615-17 Burlington Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1RS
Received 7 May 202642 Westbrook Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PQ
Received 7 May 2026Ap Convenient Store 2 Foljambe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NW
Received 8 May 2026183 Middlecroft Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3NQ
Received 11 May 202677 Brearley Avenue New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2DZ
Received 11 May 2026Land Between 338 Chatsworth Road And Mill Lane Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BY
Received 11 May 2026178 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NA
Received 12 May 202618 Sterland Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1BN
Received 12 May 2026Land To The Rear Of 5 To 6 Walton Walk Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 May 2026Land To The West Of Bevan Drive Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 May 20265 Pear Tree Close Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LU
Received 13 May 2026The Green 16 Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PN
Received 14 May 202614 Oakfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LE
Received 14 May 2026Tilleys Vintage Magazines 21 Derby Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2EF
Received 14 May 202642 Lakeside Close Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TD
Received 14 May 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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