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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629 approved · 1,014 refused · 327 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Stanier Court Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0QG
Received 20 Jul 2026202 Hunloke Avenue Boythorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3ED
Received 20 Jul 2026Holy Trinity Church Newbold Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PG
Received 21 Jul 2026Land Between 338 Chatsworth Road and Mill Lane Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 20 Jul 2026The Former Avenue Site Derby Road Wingerworth Chesterfield
Received 20 Jul 202662 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LS
Received 20 Jul 2026766 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 21 Jul 2026Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 22 Jul 2026Pomegranate Theatre Corporation Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7TX
Received 22 Jul 2026Saltergate Dental Care 115 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NF
Received 22 Jul 20269 Melville Crescent Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1PZ
Received 22 Jul 2026Land Accessed From Farndale Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Jul 2026Staveley Methodist Church Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3XD
Received 23 Jul 2026Former Derwent House Residential Home Ulverston Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8EW
Received 23 Jul 2026Spingwell Hill To Hawthorn Hill Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 22 Jul 2026Hady Primary School Hady Lane Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0DF
Received 23 Jul 202616 Selhurst Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7HR
Received 24 Jul 2026Unit C ARK Enterprise Way Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 24 Jul 20269 Pine Street Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2LG
Received 27 Jul 202649-51 Woodmere Drive Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TE
Received 27 Jul 20264 Bridge Business Centre Beresford Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9FG
Received 27 Jul 2026Flo Gas, Unit 1 Farndale Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3YN
Received 28 Jul 20261 Wharf Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TZ
Received 29 Jul 20261 Wharf Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TZ
Received 29 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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