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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629 approved · 1,030 refused · 331 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Mar 2008 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 9 Sept 202613 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PF
Received 9 Sept 202613 Low Pavement Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PF
Received 9 Sept 2026167 Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3QL
Received 10 Sept 20262 Rutland Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1LY
Received 10 Sept 2026Land At Junction With Private Drive Station Road Hollingwood Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 10 Sept 2026Tapton Lock Visitors Centre Lockoford Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7JB
Received 11 Sept 2026Springbank House 17 Ashgate Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4AA
Received 13 Sept 20263A Wharf Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7NE
Received 14 Sept 202661 Calow Lane Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0AX
Received 14 Sept 20261-3 Blair Mews Broomhill Road Old Whittington Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9FL
Received 14 Sept 202661B Calow Lane Hasland Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0AX
Received 14 Sept 20262-4 Robin Croft Grangewood Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2JB
Received 15 Sept 2026Unit 1 Lordsmill Street Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7RS
Received 16 Sept 2026Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 16 Sept 202627 Peak View Road Brockwell Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4NW
Received 16 Sept 202614 Edinburgh Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7HE
Received 16 Sept 20262-4 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 17 Sept 20262-4 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
Received 17 Sept 202659-65 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 2AL
Received 15 Sept 202639 Mansfeldt Road Newbold Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7BW
Received 15 Sept 202620 Hazel Drive Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3EN
Received 15 Sept 2026Twin Oaks Newbold Back Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4RW
Received 18 Sept 202632 Hazlehurst Avenue Stonegravels Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7LZ
Received 18 Sept 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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