Bilsthorpe Methodist Church Valley Road Bilsthorpe NG22 8QH Data via plota.co.uk

26/00271/LDCP - Lawful Development Certificate Proposed Refused

Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use of premises as adult day care centre. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
25 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
26 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
20 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 20 Apr 2026 · Delegated Officer · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Bilsthorpe built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £71,000 in July 2023. Other property, freehold.

7 July 2023£71,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Postcode
NG22 8QH
Received
25 Feb 2026
Validated
26 Feb 2026
Ward
Bilsthorpe
Parish
Bilsthorpe
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Apr 2026
Decision
Certificate Not Issued
Decision date
20 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Officer
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Refused, as 15% of lawful development certificates here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
43decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Newark and Sherwood in the last twelve months, from validation. Newark and Sherwood decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14733454
Planning Portal ref
PP-14733454
Statutory expiry
23 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Newark and Sherwood
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#198 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Newark and Sherwood is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #241 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Newark and Sherwood decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #88 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #55 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #241 of 296
54%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #244 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
110 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
33 decided
767
Total decisions
63 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.