Garage Site To The Rear Of 1 - 5 Worksop Road Whitwell Common Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of existing Garages and change of use from green space to extend existing car parking facility. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 1 Oct 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Bolsover Planning Committee on 1 Oct 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the works would improve parking without harming rural character, residential amenity or highway safety.
- Residents raised concerns about parking allocation, disability and electric vehicle spaces, construction arrangements, asbestos and communication.
- The committee voted unanimously to approve the application with two conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Bolsover's committee minutes of 1 Oct 2025.
Documents 18
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 5
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 1 November 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
- Council Development under Gen Regs -Full
- Received
- 15 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Whitwell Ward
- Parish
- Whitwell Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 2 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Granted Conditionally
- Decision date
- 1 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Dragonfly Management (Bolsover) Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 69 days from validation, 17 days slower than Bolsover's median of 52 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bolsover in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolsover decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14142026
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14142026
- Neighbours
- 16 Sept 2025
- Consultation
- 16 Sept 2025
- Comments by
- 3 Sept 2025
- Site or press notice
- 5 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 1 Oct 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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.
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