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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
Chesterfield Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chesterfield Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates13,960Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
38%Approval rate · 1,653 approved or refused records
1,024Refused applications
629 approved · 1,024 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Drainage and water enquiriesLocal plan Planning policy and the Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01159713550Council source
- Planning enquiries08001385385Council source
- Planning enquiries01159351166Council source
- General council enquiriesplanning@chesterfield.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areasNo boundary records available in this collection
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00762/HOU
Two storey extension to the side elevation with single storey extension to the front and side elevations
51 Devon Drive Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1DZ
Received 25 Aug 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00764/NMA
Non material amendment to application CHE/26/00430/FUL (External changes to existing warehouse)- For alterations to the approved canopies
Unit 1 Seymour Link Road Woodthorpe Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 3FG
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00765/DOC
Discharge of conditions 4 (Site investigations), 9 (Design and associated management and maintenance plan for drainage), 16 (Construction Management Statement), 24 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 25 (Contamination) and 27 (Reduction of speed of carbon release) of application CHE/22/00109/OUT- Outline application for the demolition of existing office premises and erection of residential dwellings, with all matters reserved except access
Site Of Former Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00766/DOC
Discharge of conditions 6 (Materials) and 10 (Lighting strategy) of application CHE/24/00276/REM- Approval of reserved matters for the erection of 60 dwellings (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) of CHE/22/00109/OUT (Outline application for the demolition of existing office premises and erection of residential dwellings, with all matters reserved except access)
Site Of Former Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QR
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00767/NMA
Non material amendment to application CHE/21/00707/FUL (Erection of 301 dwellings including the provision of public open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure and works)- To substitute bricks
Land To The East Of Linacre Road Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00768/FUL
Retrospective application for the retention and use of a detached, single-storey rear garden annexe as ancillary family accommodation to the main dwelling
246 Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1NT
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00769/FUL
Change of use to office accommodation, external alterations and associated works
Cannon Mill Dock Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AB
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00770/LBC
Works to facilitate a change of use to office accommodation
Cannon Mill Dock Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AB
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00771/FUL
Steel clad building and two shipping containers
Talking Balloons Ltd 22 The Green Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LJ
Received 28 Aug 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00778/DOC
Discharge of Condition 04 (Screening to heat pump) of application CHE/26/00091/HOU- Installation of heat pumps and waste and flue pipes
Plover Hill Farm, Farm House View Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 2 Sept 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00779/VCON
Variation of conditions 1 (Approved drawings) and 3 (Painting of flue cowling) of application CHE/26/00091/HOU (Installation of heat pumps and waste and flue pipes)
Plover Hill Farm, Farm House View Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 2 Sept 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00780/LBC
Installation of a replacement flue
Plover Hill Farm, Farm House View Wetlands Lane Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 1QG
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00782/ADV
Erection of a D48 advertisement display
Chesterfield Trade Centre Sheffield Road Whittington Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8LS
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00783/FUL
Pair of 1-bedroom built-to-rent bungalows for tenants over 55 years
15 Storrs Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QA
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00790/FUL
Installation and operation of backup electricity generating facility with associated equipment, fencing and gating
Units 1 To 3 Sheepbridge Lane Sheepbridge Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RX
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00791/HOU
Proposed Single storey side entrance Porch
68 Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8XA
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00792/TPO
T1 - Sycamore - side prune and remove lower epicormic to create a 1-2m clearance from garageT2 - Sycamore - side prune to create a 1-2m clearance from house
Land To East Of Hady Primary School Hady Lane Hady Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00793/TPO
Works to T1 & T2 London Plane trees
1 Fenland Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3RH
Received 3 Sept 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00795/DOC
Discharge of Condition 6 (Connectivity links details) of application CHE/25/00224/REM- Reserved Matters details (layout, appearance, scale and landscaping) relating to the development of 500 dwellings, enabling works and open space in connection with Outline permission CHE/21/00549/OUT
Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00796/FUL
Proposed cabin building to create additional child places with associated fencing/gating
Dryhurst House Sycamore Drive Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5BL
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00801/HOU
Proposed garage and store
Four Poplars Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5JS
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00811/TPO
Works to T1 Alder
2 Bowness Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8AH
Received 7 Sept 2026 - DecidedCHE/26/00812/TPOEXP
Fell Oak tree
768 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3PN
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionCHE/26/00815/FUL
Change of use of units 1-3 to allow for the provision of medical or health services falling within Use Class E(e)
Goytside Road Business Park Goyt Side Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2BS
Received 8 Sept 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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