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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629 approved · 1,020 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Penmore Lane & 134 Hasland Road Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0SG & S41 0AB
Received 6 Aug 2026598A Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3JX
Received 7 Aug 2026Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Aug 202639 Coupland Close Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9TB
Received 10 Aug 202637 - 39 Rose Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1TT
Received 10 Aug 202635 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AH
Received 6 Aug 202617 Newbridge Lane Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9JQ
Received 10 Aug 2026Chatsworth Road Medical Centre Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PY
Received 11 Aug 202630 Balmoak Lane Tapton Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0TH
Received 12 Aug 2026Spire Walk Business Park, Car Park At Spire Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2WG
Received 12 Aug 2026Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Aug 2026SMH Group Stadium 1866 Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NZ
Received 12 Aug 202675 Willow Garth Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8BL
Received 11 Aug 2026Site Of Former 48 Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 12 Aug 2026Amberley 6 Westbrook Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PH
Received 12 Aug 202661 St Augustines Road Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2SA
Received 13 Aug 2026Fox View Stables Plover Hill Farm Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 11 Aug 202698 Grangewood Road Birdholme Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2TA
Received 13 Aug 202613 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PF
Received 13 Aug 2026Land Adjacent To 21 Southfield Avenue Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Aug 2026Land To West Of Inkersall Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 14 Aug 2026109 Chesterfield Road Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3QJ
Received 17 Aug 2026Land To The West Of Carpenter Avenue Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 18 Aug 2026Cheedale Close Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NZ
Received 18 Aug 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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