East Midlands
Chesterfield must find land for 340 more homes
Chesterfield has to plan for 494 new homes a year, 2,470 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 2,130 of them.
Still to find
340
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
168%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Chesterfield delivered 1,101 of the 655 homes it was required to: 168%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.
What is on the brownfield register
50 live sites covering 61 hectares, of which 16 have no planning permission yet.
A council short of land has to find more, and the 17 August 2026 planning framework widened what counts as grey belt. This page describes the council's position. It does not say whether any particular piece of land would get permission.
Housing Delivery Test 2025 measurement, published 17 August 2026.