Residents, businesses, landowners, and developers were asked to suggest sites for development or land use changes.

Chesterfield Borough Council issued its most recent Call for Sites as part of the Local Plan review process for six weeks to submit their suggestions from Monday 21 March 2022 until midnight on Monday 2 May 2022. The aim was to identify sites that have the potential to be developed for housing or employment but also to help find sites that could be used to enhance local biodiversity or other uses. The Local Plan must be reviewed at least once every five years and the Call for Sites is a key element of this review.

At the time Councillor Dean Collins, Chesterfield Borough Council’s cabinet member for economic growth, said: "The Local Plan is important because it is the starting point for assessing the merits of individual planning applications. The Call for Sites helps ensure that we identify sites for development that meet local need and this must be done as part of the five-year review of our Local Plan."

As well as suggesting sites for housing or business developments, there was also the opportunity to highlight sites for other uses. This included areas the council can invest in to enhance biodiversity through tree planting and habitat management but also sites that would be suitable for Gypsy and Traveller sites, community facilities and public open spaces.

Sites that have been suggested or submitted will now be assessed by the end of 2023 as part of a Land Availability Assessment which in turn will be used to help review the current Local Plan.

Where a site has been suggested by a member of the public, but the availability of a site is not known the council may contact the landowner to find out if it is available or not. Sites which ultimately are not available will not be able to progress as part of the Local Plan review.

A site being put forward to the council and then later considered in the Land Availability Assessment does not mean it will necessarily be considered suitable for development or a particular land use, nor included in a local plan or granted planning permission.

Results for the Chesterfield Call for Sites 2023

The following provides the results and shows these for the sites brought to the council’s attention by the usual ‘submissions route’ and also via a new relatively simplified ‘suggestions’ route.

They are currently provided in a variety of different formats. There is also an intention to display these on an interactive map which will better show multiple submissions/suggestions over the same piece of land.

Your feedback on how the information is currently presented and made available would be appreciated, just email local.plan@chesterfield.gov.uk.

Chesterfield Call for Sites 2022 - Table of Sites (CSV)	(CSV 15 KB)
Chesterfield Call for Sites 2022 - Table of Sites (PDF)	(PDF 1.19 MB)
Chesterfield Call For Sites 2022 - Sites by Ward	(PDF 1.69 MB)
Chesterfield Call For Sites 2022 - Atlas of Site Submissions	(PDF 24.93 MB)
Chesterfield Call For Sites 2022 - Site Suggestions Overview Map	(PDF 15.57 MB)
Chesterfield Call For Sites 2022 - Atlas of Site Suggestions	(PDF 16.25 MB)
Chesterfield Call For Sites 2022 - Site Submissions Overview Map	(PDF 2.86 MB)

Further information and assistance

If you need more information or assistance, please contact the strategic planning and key sites team by calling 01246 345002 or emailing local.plan@chesterfield.gov.uk.