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26/00251/AGRDET - Agricultural Prior Notification Approved

Proposal

Proposed forest shelter, compose toilet and tool store (Forestry Use) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

10 Jul 2026

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Validated

26 Aug 2026

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Approved

23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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 4. 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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

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, 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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Important details

Council: Bolsover
Application type: Agricultural Prior Notification
Received: 10 Jul 2026
Validated: 26 Aug 2026
Ward: Clowne West Ward
Parish: Old Bolsover Parish
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Sept 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date: 23 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 5 days faster than Bolsover's median of 33 for prior approvals. Approved, as 83% of prior approvals here are.

This one28d

Council33d

UK33d

93%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

26,020decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent prior approvals in Bolsover to go on. Bolsover decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 18 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 23 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

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