New housing in Chesterfield Borough Council
We read Chesterfield Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 8,208 of its planning applications going back to 1992, and 60 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 168% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 168% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 8,208
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 54 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 59 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 49 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 70 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 78 | 4 | 18 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | Land To The East Of Manor Road Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire EIA Scoping Opinion request - Residential development of up to 1000 no. dwellings, land reserved for primary school and mixed-use local centre and associated infrastructure CHE/26/00045/EIA | Decided | 21 Jan 2026 |
| 580 | Land On The South Side Of Whittington Road Barrow Hill Chesterfield Derbyshire Request for EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for residential development of up to 580 dwellings CHE/26/00387/EIA | Approved | 21 May 2026 |
| 500 | Land Off Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire 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 CHE/25/00224/REM | Decided | 12 May 2025 |
| 350 | Land To The South Of Bamford Road Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire Outline planning application for the erection of up to 350 dwellings (including affordable housing) with public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage system (SuDS) and vehicular access point. All matters… CHE/26/00493/OUT | Decided | 29 Jun 2026 |
| 275 | Land To South Of Tom Lane and West Of Rectory Road Duckmanton Chesterfield Derbyshire Application for Approval of Reserved Matters (Layout, Scale, Appearance, and Landscaping) for the erection of 275 dwellings pursuant to CHE/16/00340/OUT CHE/24/00627/REM | Decided | 10 Dec 2024 |
| 200 | Land Off Bent Lane Bent Lane Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire Outline application with all matters reserved except for access for up to 200 dwellings with vehicular access from Bent Lane CHE/25/00250/OUT | Decided | 9 Jul 2025 |
| 163 | Land South Of Worksop Road Mastin Moor Chesterfield Derbyshire Reserved Matters consent for CHE/20/00700/OUT dealing with appearance, access, landscape, layout, and scale for the erection of 163 residential dwellings, associated infrastructure and incidental landscaping (Phase 2) CHE/24/00645/REM | Decided | 27 Feb 2025 |
| 104 | Clean Spark Renewables Holbeck Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7XH Request for formal screening opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (As amended) for residential development of approximately 104 dwellings with… CHE/26/00645/EIA | Approved | 29 Jul 2026 |
| 102 | Land To The West Of Bevan Drive Inkersall Chesterfield Derbyshire Residential development comprising the erection of 102 dwellings, together with landscaping, infrastructure, access arrangements and associated works (Amended and additional information 15.11.2024) CHE/24/00432/FUL | Decided | 23 Jul 2024 |
| 60 | Site Of Former Manor Offices Old Road Chesterfield Derbyshire 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… CHE/24/00276/REM | Decided | 13 Jan 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Chesterfield Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.