The Stables Featherbed Lane Bolsover Chesterfield S44 6JY Data via plota.co.uk

24/00503/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use from grazing land to parking and manoeuvring area for adjacent traveller site including new vehicular access Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Oct 2024
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Validated
9 Apr 2025
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Consultation
17 Apr 2025
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Approved
3 Sept 2025

Approved on 3 Sept 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Deferred by Bolsover Planning Committee on 9 Jul 2025.

Deferred

  • Officers advised approval because the area would improve traveller-site parking and manoeuvring without material harm, subject to conditions.
  • Concerns were raised about the private lane’s surface, traffic speed and effects on the Public Right of Way.
  • The committee voted seven to one to defer the application while officers sought further rights-of-way and highway information.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee concerns, deferral and vote.

Source: Plota analysis of Bolsover's committee minutes of 9 Jul 2025.

Site constraints 5

Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Shuttlewood built-up area; Priority habitat 29 m away: Traditional orchard; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 listed building at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. 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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
S44 6JY
Received
28 Oct 2024
Validated
9 Apr 2025
Ward
Bolsover North And Shuttlewood Ward
Parish
Old Bolsover Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Sept 2025
Decision
Granted Conditionally
Decision date
3 Sept 2025
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Roger Yarwood Planning Consultant Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 147 days from validation, 95 days slower than Bolsover's median of 52 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bolsover in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolsover decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-13518340
Planning Portal ref
PP-13518340
Neighbours
17 Apr 2025
Consultation
17 Apr 2025
Comments by
13 May 2025
Site or press notice
22 Apr 2025
Committee
3 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
4 Jun 2025
Env. assessment
No
Bolsover
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#20 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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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