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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.
629 approved · 1,012 refused · 327 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
38 Gladstone Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4TE
Received 8 Jul 202652 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LR
Received 8 Jul 20263A Wharf Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NE
Received 9 Jul 20262 Woodvale Close Somersall Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3LY
Received 9 Jul 202679 Broomfield Avenue Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0NE
Received 9 Jul 2026Hollingwood Primary School Lilac Street Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2JG
Received 9 Jul 202631 Chaucer Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8SS
Received 10 Jul 20263 Boundary Close Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3UD
Received 13 Jul 202619 Grove Farm Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QA
Received 14 Jul 2026Shop 8 Market Hall Market Place Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1AR
Received 13 Jul 202619 Grove Farm Close Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QA
Received 14 Jul 2026Former Derwent House Residential Home Ulverston Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8EW
Received 14 Jul 2026Holly House School Church Street North Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QR
Received 15 Jul 202615 Foxwood Close Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LQ
Received 15 Jul 2026Land Between 34 and 38 Lake View Avenue Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3DR
Received 16 Jul 202625 Wythburn Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8DP
Received 16 Jul 202610 Burgess Close Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0NP
Received 17 Jul 202630 Paisley Close Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3NS
Received 17 Jul 202626 Challands Way Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0ER
Received 20 Jul 20263 Wheatfield Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7PB
Received 17 Jul 20262 Brookside Bar Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PJ
Received 20 Jul 202625 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 20 Jul 2026165 Brockwell Lane Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EP
Received 20 Jul 202624 Danby Avenue Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9NJ
Received 20 Jul 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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