Planning data
How long planning decisions take in Chesterfield
What the public record actually shows for Chesterfield. Every figure below is measured or published, with its sample and its date. Nothing here is an estimate, and none of it predicts what a particular application will do.
How long decisions took
Median weeks from validation to decision, counted from the council’s own register. A median means half of decisions took longer, so it is a middle, not a target.
| Application type | Median | Decisions counted |
|---|---|---|
| Major schemes | 49.5 weeks | 40 |
| All other applications | 8 weeks | 140 |
Measured over applications decided 1 July 2024 to 13 July 2026.
Housing Delivery Test
Chesterfield measured 168% in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test — consequence: None.
MHCLG records 1,101 homes delivered against a three-year requirement of 655.
This ratio is driven by the size of the requirement, not by high absolute delivery. At a requirement this small, one strategic site can move the percentage by hundreds of points, so compare the homes delivered rather than the percentage.
It delivered enough of its housing requirement for no national-policy consequence to apply.
Published by MHCLG on 17 August 2026. This is the most recent measurement published, not a current-year figure.
Planning appeals in Chesterfield
8 allowed in full, 18 dismissed, from 26 planning appeals decided for Chesterfield between 1 January 2021 and 31 July 2026.
We do not turn that into a percentage: under 100 decided appeals, a rate looks like a finding and behaves like noise. The counts are the honest form. This is not a statement that no appeals succeeded. Only refused applications get appealed, so these are a self-selected minority of decisions.
What this page is not
It does not tell you what constrains a particular site in Chesterfield. Designations sit on land, not on councils. For that, run a free check on the site itself: it names every designation on or beside the boundary, states when each dataset was last collected, and says plainly where a record is not published rather than showing you a clear result.
Check a site in Chesterfield — freeAppeal outcomes from the Planning Inspectorate appeals database, England only, Open Government Licence v3.0, release of 31 August 2026. Decision speed measured from council registers by PF & Co. Housing Delivery Test © MHCLG, Open Government Licence v3.0. All 274 authorities.