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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629 approved · 1,021 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Sherbourne Avenue Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8TL
Received 19 Aug 202610 Sherbourne Avenue Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8TL
Received 19 Aug 202625A Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 19 Aug 2026Land At Bridge Way Junction Broombank Road Chesterfield Trading Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9QJ
Received 20 Aug 20261-3 Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3BN
Received 20 Aug 2026Scarsdale Health Centre Nightingale Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7PF
Received 20 Aug 202638 Station Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1JT
Received 20 Aug 2026187 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AP
Received 21 Aug 20261 Wharf Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3TZ
Received 21 Aug 202652 Sheffield Road Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LR
Received 21 Aug 202674 Broomfield Avenue Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0ND
Received 24 Aug 2026Land Off Hall Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 21 Aug 2026Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PR
Received 24 Aug 2026Barrow Hill Railway Centre Campbell Drive Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 2PR
Received 24 Aug 202629 Hazel Drive Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 24 Aug 202645 Malvern Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DX
Received 25 Aug 2026The Golden Fleece 22 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 25 Aug 2026The Golden Fleece 22 Knifesmithgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PS
Received 25 Aug 2026Cannon Mill Dock Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AB
Received 26 Aug 2026Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 26 Aug 202611 Marsden Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1JY
Received 26 Aug 202624 Hulford Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9SF
Received 26 Aug 2026Saltergate Dental Care 115 Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1NF
Received 26 Aug 202637 Bentham Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4EZ
Received 26 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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