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26/00257/VAR - Variation of Condition Approved

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of application to re-site air Source Heat Pumps and associated timber fenced compound Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

14 Jul 2026

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Validated

27 Jul 2026

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Consultation

4 Aug 2026

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Approved

8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 15

Associated applications 3

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FullApproved12 May 2025council archive

Conditions 2 varied
- VariationVariation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) to re-site air Source Heat Pumps and associated…This application27 Jul 202626/00257/VAR
  Conditions 3 awaiting decision
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 3 (Bat Mitigation Strategy)16 Sep 202626/00257/DCON01

Site constraints 10

Scheduled monument: Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave See also DERBYSHIRE 275

Scheduled monument consent is needed for any work to it, separate from planning permission.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Registered park or garden: Welbeck Abbey

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Creswell conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

SSSI about 27 m away: Creswell Crags SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Public bridleway about 26 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 21 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Creswell Crags Crags Road Creswell

Discharge of condition 3 (Bat Mitigation Strategy) of planning permission 26/002...

26/00257/DCON01

Important details

Council: Bolsover
Application type: Variation of Condition
Postcode: S80 3LH
Received: 14 Jul 2026
Validated: 27 Jul 2026
Ward: Elmton-With-Creswell Ward
Parish: Hodthorpe And Belph Parish
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Sept 2026
Decision: Granted Conditionally
Decision date: 8 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: James Boon Architects

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15072249
Planning Portal ref: PP-15072249
Comments by: 25 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 4 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 21 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Approved

Creation of an additional 14 car parking bays

16/00414/FUL 5 Oct 2016

2016 Approved

Creation of an additional 14 car parking bays

16/00414/FUL 5 Oct 2016

Bolsover

Planning Authority Score

8.2/10

Excellent

#20 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Bolsover is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #57 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

98% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Bolsover decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

96%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #8 of 296

98%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #11 of 296

77%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #57 of 296

35%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #98 of 296

98%

Minor dwellings approved

46 decided (1-9 homes)

86%

Major dwellings approved

7 decided (10+ homes)

91%

Change of use approved

35 decided

286

Total decisions

11 refused in the year to March 2026

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 15

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 4

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 6

Other documents 2