East Midlands

Chesterfield planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

45.4%

254th of 297

17.3 points slower than England

Granted

89.6%

199th of 297

0.9 points lower than England

Extension of time

42.9%

228th of 297

10.6 points higher than England

Decisions (12 months)

163

Chesterfield decided 163 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 89.6%.

45.4% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (254th of 297 for speed).

A further 42.9% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is down from 49.7% a year earlier.

Of 8 householder appeals decided in the same period, 25.0% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

Chesterfield against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	87.4%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	90.8%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	88.2%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	91.1%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	91.5%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	94.6%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	89.9%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	91.5%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	97.6%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	90.7%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	94.7%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	97.1%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	86.8%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	98.1%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	96.1%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	96.7%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	98.0%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	94.5%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	97.0%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	98.2%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	92.7%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	81.1%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	86.3%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	85.0%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	96.1%	0.0%	82.1%
2015 Q1	75.6%	0.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	80.6%	0.0%	80.6%
2015 Q3	71.4%	0.0%	79.2%
2015 Q4	55.8%	0.0%	80.0%
2016 Q1	81.5%	0.0%	78.3%
2016 Q2	83.9%	6.5%	79.8%
2016 Q3	95.7%	1.4%	77.7%
2016 Q4	82.2%	15.6%	78.0%
2017 Q1	98.1%	1.9%	77.3%
2017 Q2	83.3%	11.5%	78.5%
2017 Q3	90.5%	6.3%	76.1%
2017 Q4	79.3%	8.6%	77.1%
2018 Q1	76.0%	16.0%	73.7%
2018 Q2	86.4%	8.5%	74.0%
2018 Q3	79.4%	9.5%	72.7%
2018 Q4	75.0%	10.4%	72.7%
2019 Q1	59.7%	27.4%	69.9%
2019 Q2	58.6%	13.8%	72.1%
2019 Q3	63.9%	13.1%	69.6%
2019 Q4	87.5%	6.3%	71.5%
2020 Q1	71.2%	21.2%	68.4%
2020 Q2	54.9%	9.8%	63.9%
2020 Q3	56.1%	28.8%	63.8%
2020 Q4	50.0%	32.8%	65.3%
2021 Q1	51.5%	32.4%	59.4%
2021 Q2	50.0%	33.8%	58.4%
2021 Q3	25.0%	38.8%	53.1%
2021 Q4	28.3%	50.0%	53.0%
2022 Q1	30.2%	46.0%	51.6%
2022 Q2	28.8%	49.3%	56.0%
2022 Q3	35.6%	55.9%	53.3%
2022 Q4	21.1%	68.4%	54.1%
2023 Q1	42.2%	50.0%	53.5%
2023 Q2	35.0%	52.5%	58.5%
2023 Q3	35.6%	46.7%	59.0%
2023 Q4	46.2%	43.6%	59.8%
2024 Q1	29.2%	64.6%	58.8%
2024 Q2	56.6%	34.0%	64.4%
2024 Q3	45.0%	47.5%	64.2%
2024 Q4	56.4%	35.9%	65.6%
2025 Q1	53.3%	33.3%	62.1%
2025 Q2	40.7%	29.6%	65.0%
2025 Q3	41.0%	46.2%	62.5%
2025 Q4	42.9%	47.6%	64.7%
2026 Q1	35.8%	47.2%	60.6%
2026 Q2	72.4%	24.1%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Chesterfield against England

Chesterfield
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Chesterfield	England
2008 Q1	94.3%	85.1%
2008 Q2	89.8%	86.1%
2008 Q3	92.5%	86.3%
2008 Q4	83.5%	85.3%
2009 Q1	95.7%	85.9%
2009 Q2	94.6%	86.8%
2009 Q3	84.8%	87.4%
2009 Q4	86.4%	86.9%
2010 Q1	87.8%	87.0%
2010 Q2	90.7%	88.0%
2010 Q3	82.5%	87.7%
2010 Q4	74.3%	87.5%
2011 Q1	86.8%	87.9%
2011 Q2	92.6%	88.5%
2011 Q3	89.5%	88.3%
2011 Q4	86.7%	88.3%
2012 Q1	90.2%	88.2%
2012 Q2	87.0%	89.2%
2012 Q3	83.6%	89.0%
2012 Q4	94.3%	88.9%
2013 Q1	87.9%	89.8%
2013 Q2	91.2%	90.6%
2013 Q3	89.1%	90.3%
2013 Q4	80.5%	89.6%
2014 Q1	100.0%	89.8%
2014 Q2	92.2%	90.5%
2014 Q3	81.7%	90.0%
2014 Q4	96.1%	89.2%
2015 Q1	92.7%	89.3%
2015 Q2	95.2%	90.2%
2015 Q3	95.9%	90.0%
2015 Q4	96.2%	89.2%
2016 Q1	100.0%	90.0%
2016 Q2	96.8%	90.3%
2016 Q3	97.1%	90.2%
2016 Q4	88.9%	89.7%
2017 Q1	94.4%	89.9%
2017 Q2	97.4%	90.5%
2017 Q3	90.5%	90.0%
2017 Q4	96.6%	90.1%
2018 Q1	96.0%	90.5%
2018 Q2	98.3%	91.0%
2018 Q3	93.7%	91.2%
2018 Q4	95.8%	90.5%
2019 Q1	93.5%	90.3%
2019 Q2	91.4%	91.0%
2019 Q3	95.1%	90.6%
2019 Q4	93.8%	89.8%
2020 Q1	100.0%	89.9%
2020 Q2	92.2%	90.2%
2020 Q3	92.4%	90.6%
2020 Q4	96.9%	90.3%
2021 Q1	94.1%	90.9%
2021 Q2	88.8%	91.2%
2021 Q3	90.0%	91.0%
2021 Q4	85.0%	90.1%
2022 Q1	85.7%	90.0%
2022 Q2	79.5%	90.4%
2022 Q3	91.5%	89.8%
2022 Q4	94.7%	89.4%
2023 Q1	92.2%	89.3%
2023 Q2	95.0%	89.2%
2023 Q3	91.1%	88.6%
2023 Q4	89.7%	88.2%
2024 Q1	95.8%	88.2%
2024 Q2	92.5%	89.1%
2024 Q3	92.5%	89.4%
2024 Q4	94.9%	88.6%
2025 Q1	95.6%	89.3%
2025 Q2	96.3%	90.4%
2025 Q3	89.7%	90.1%
2025 Q4	90.5%	90.1%
2026 Q1	84.9%	90.6%
2026 Q2	96.6%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks45.4%
8 to 13 weeks5.5%
13 to 26 weeks5.5%
Over 26 weeks0.6%
Extension of time agreed42.9%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	74
8 to 13 weeks	9
13 to 26 weeks	9
Over 26 weeks	1
Extension of time agreed	70

Appeals

Decided: 8
Allowed: 25.0%
Median wait: 7 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

Chesterfield has published 12 conservation areas.
Chesterfield has not published Article 4 data to the national planning data platform.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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