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The Flat, 33 High Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7AW

V/2025/0477Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 15 October 2025

Council decision: FULRE - Full Application Refusal2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of a retail premises to a 1 bed residential dwelling

Submitted
21 August 2025
Ward
Hucknall Central
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Flat, 33 High Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7AW. Ashfield has handled 1,811 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Ashfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Hucknall conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Hucknall Central. We hold 1,558 applications in total for the NG15 postcode area.

80% of full applications at Ashfield District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed residential unit fails to provide adequate outlook or privacy and sufficient outdoor amenity space. These issues conflict with National Planning Policy Framework (2024) paragraphs 135 and 198 and policies HG5(b), (c), ST1(a) of the Ashfield Local Plan Review (2002).
  2. The proposal fails to demonstrate mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). No information on existing biodiversity or achieving the statutory required 10% net gain has been submitted. This conflicts with National Planning Policy Framework (2024) paragraphs 192(b) and 193(d) and policy ST1(b) of the Ashfield Local Plan Review (2002).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NG15 7AW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2025
Target decision date
15 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
187 Water Street Manchester M3 4Jd United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Appeal history

6003224
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 April 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

UPRN
100032100485
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Poundstretcher, 50 High Street, Hucknall, NG15 7AXRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Ashfield

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