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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628 approved · 1,010 refused · 313 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 West Bars Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AG
Received 10 Jun 2026Market Hall Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AR
Received 11 Jun 2026Netherleigh 34 Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QJ
Received 10 Jun 20267 Hastings Close Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8RH
Received 11 Jun 202644 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PZ
Received 11 Jun 20268 Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LW
Received 11 Jun 2026Walton Hospital Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HW
Received 8 Jun 202625 Cromwell Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TH
Received 12 Jun 202618 Riddings Croft Upper Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8WW
Received 12 Jun 2026Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 15 Jun 2026161 Langer Lane Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JW
Received 12 Jun 202616-18 Former Sevens Bar Stephenson Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XL
Received 16 Jun 202621 Healaugh Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2UU
Received 16 Jun 2026871 Sheffield Road Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9EQ
Received 16 Jun 2026Netherleigh Court Netherleigh Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PR
Received 16 Jun 2026Ark Tavern Chesterfield Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1AD
Received 16 Jun 2026Land To The East Of Linacre Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Jun 202657 Walton Drive Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2PP
Received 16 Jun 2026Land Between 34 and 38 Lake View Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DR
Received 17 Jun 202640 Laurel Crescent Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LT
Received 16 Jun 2026Land South Of Springfield Farm At The Corner Of Gapsick Lane and Worksop Road Whitwell Common 450668 376989
Received 16 Jun 2026143 Somersall Lane Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LZ
Received 17 Jun 2026Former Car Park To The North Of Reservoir House West Street Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 20261 Handley Court New Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2HT
Received 18 Jun 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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