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4 Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HL

CHE/26/00001/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 April 2026

Council decision: Conditional permission7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling to 3No. flats with associated external alterations

Received
2 January 2026
Public comments
5
Ward
Rother
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 103 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Whitecotes Lane Walton Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3HL. Chesterfield has handled 1,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 7 weeks longer than Chesterfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Rother. We hold 638 applications in total for the S40 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Chesterfield Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
S40 3HL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2026
Last date for comments
11 February 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Derek Pratt 3 Cairn Drive NEW WHITTINGTON Chesterfield S43 2EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chesterfield

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