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How much land each council still has to find for new homes

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.

Brownfield with permission: 508 Other brownfield on the register: 1,622 Still to find: 340

Brownfield cover

86%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

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.