Farnsworth Farm Marlpit Lane Bolsover Chesterfield S44 6XG Data via plota.co.uk

25/00253/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Retrospective application for material change of use of agricultural land for storage of agricultural and civil engineering contracting machinery & equipment, civil engineering products & materials, plant hire & sales, maintenance & aggregate storage and sales, recycling of soil and soil forming materials. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Jun 2025
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Validated
9 Sept 2026
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Consultation
10 Sept 2026
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Approved
4 Nov 2026

Approved on 4 Nov 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026

Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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
Inside the Bolsover built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 2 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 6XG
Received
4 Jun 2025
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Ward
Bolsover East Ward
Parish
Old Bolsover Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Nov 2026
Decision
Granted Conditionally
Decision date
4 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Duncan Rose

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 93% of changes of use here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
34decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bolsover in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolsover decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
10 Sept 2026
Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Comments by
15 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
15 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Nov 2026
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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