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Chesterfield

In the last 12 months, 88.0% of householder applications were approved in Chesterfield (133 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eleven weeks (median 78 days).

Full planning applications: 85.2% approved (115 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-06–2026-06-30): 91.6% of 2,159 decisions approved.

2,566Total applications
1,978Approved
181Refused
53Withdrawn
285Pending
91.6%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
2,545Not Available
21Delegated
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 711 652 59
91.7%
Discharge of Conditions 479 447 32
93.3%
Tree Works (TPO) 319 301 18
94.4%
Householder 157 138 19
87.9%
Advertisement Consent 70 58 12
82.9%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 65 56 9
86.2%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 64 64 0
100.0%
Listed Building Consent 51 47 4
92.2%
Removal/Variation of Cond 40 39 1
97.5%
Consultation with DCC and LA's 34 33 1
97.1%
Prior Approval (Other) 27 23 4
85.2%
Temporary Permitted Development 24 24 0
100.0%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 22 20 2
90.9%
Householder (Prior Approval) 19 15 4
78.9%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 13 2 11
15.4%
Outline Planning 12 10 2
83.3%
Reserved Matters 11 11 0
100.0%
Change of Use 10 10 0
100.0%
Demolition 10 10 0
100.0%
Biodiversity Gain Plan condition dischar 7 7 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 5 3 2
60.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 3 3 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment 3 3 0
100.0%
Prior Approval for Solar Panels 1 1 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 1 0 1
0.0%
High Hedge 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 152 138
90.8%
2023-Q4 155 141
91.0%
2024-Q1 159 150
94.3%
2024-Q2 161 147
91.3%
2024-Q3 145 137
94.5%
2024-Q4 174 160
92.0%
2025-Q1 127 117
92.1%
2025-Q2 178 169
94.9%
2025-Q3 213 185
86.9%
2025-Q4 194 180
92.8%
2026-Q1 196 174
88.8%
2026-Q2 85 77
90.6%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Spire 349 324 25
92.8%
Brampton West & Loundsley Green 240 222 18
92.5%
Whittington 174 164 10
94.3%
Walton 169 154 15
91.1%
Staveley North 148 136 12
91.9%
Dunston 125 113 12
90.4%
Staveley Central 112 103 9
92.0%
Brockwell 102 94 8
92.2%
Staveley South 99 92 7
92.9%
Hasland 96 87 9
90.6%
Brimington North 95 85 10
89.5%
Brimington South 85 81 4
95.3%
Planning guides

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