EPC UK Explosives Carnfield Hill South Normanton Alfreton DE55 2BE

25/00394/LAWEXLawful Existing Use or DevelopmentApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 31 October 2025

Council decision: Certified LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate to confirm that a material operation (permanent clearance of vegetation and stripping/digging of top soil) has been carried out within 3 years of the 10 November 2022, and confirmation that conditions 4, 5 (parts a and b), 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12, attached to 22/00347/ful) have been formally approved, confirming a lawful start has commenced on the approved scheme.

Received: 15 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolsover District Council
Ward: South Normanton West Ward
Agent: Leith Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived15 Sep
ValidatedValidated15 Sep
Consult.Consultation8 Oct
TargetTarget Date10 Nov
DecidedDecided31 Oct

Decided in 46 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at EPC UK Explosives Carnfield Hill South Normanton Alfreton DE55 2BE. Bolsover has handled 145 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 4 days longer than Bolsover's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across South Normanton West Ward. We hold 1,632 applications in total for the DE55 postcode area.

88% of amendment applications at Bolsover District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: DE55 2BE
Application type: Lawful Existing Use or Development
Scale / size: Small
Parish: South Normanton Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 14 October 2025
Consultation end: 8 October 2025
Target decision date: 10 November 2025
Permission expires: 31 October 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent: Leith Planning Ltd
Agent address: Unit 4 Freckleton Street Kirkham PR4 2SH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 23 September 2025
Site notice end: 14 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14308019
Comments: 0
Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High 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 (22)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bolsover

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