Chesterfield Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Chesterfield: Market town with growing regeneration agenda and affordable values relative to Sheffield.

The Chesterfield property market recorded 1,802 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £190,000. This places Chesterfield £30k below the Derbyshire county median of £220,000, and £95k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Chesterfield have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +1.6%. Within Derbyshire, Chesterfield ranks 6th by price out of 7 principal towns, and 4th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Chesterfield median prices moved from £190,000 in Q4 2024 to £178,500 in Q1 2026, a change of -6.1% over 5 quarters.

Chesterfield Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Chesterfield, approved 158 residential planning applications and refused 21 in the last 12 months, with 86 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 88%.

Those applications propose around 1,097 homes, an estimated £203.3m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Chesterfield vary significantly by type. The table below compares Chesterfield prices with Derbyshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Chesterfield command £318,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £115,500. The £203k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 90 new-build sales in Chesterfield for the past 12 months, 5.0% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Chesterfield sold at a premium of 33.7% to existing stock.

Across the wider Derbyshire market, 543 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Derbyshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Chesterfield, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £140,000 to £460,000 illustrates the breadth of the Chesterfield market.

For developers considering Chesterfield, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £190,000 and detached homes at £318,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Chesterfield with a GDV of £318,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £206,700 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 1.6% year-on-year, Chesterfield presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Chesterfield's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Derbyshire:

For the full Derbyshire town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Derbyshire property market report.