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Bolsover Castle Castle Street Bolsover Chesterfield S44 6PR

26/00285/TCONApproved

Approved on 8 September 2026

Council decision: Determine NOT to Make a TPO

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Clear a pathway (Shown in green highligther) through scrubland, approx 1m wide, to faciliate access to maintain the castles uplighting fixtures. This will include removal of some self set trees which exceed 75mm in diameter. Location is on the embankment/Terrace Range, to the North West of the site.

Received
4 August 2026
Ward
Bolsover North And Shuttlewood Ward
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Bolsover Castle Castle Street Bolsover Chesterfield S44 6PR. Bolsover has handled 2,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 days quicker than Bolsover's typical decision time. The site is in the Bolsover conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Bolsover North And Shuttlewood Ward. We hold 1,197 applications in total for the S44 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
S44 6PR
Parish
Old Bolsover Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Mark Penford

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, 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.

© 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 Dec

    Several lower branches all around the crown to be carefully reduced by approximately 2-3m to prevent…

    ApprovedWorks to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area25/00498/TCON
  2. 2025
    9 Sep

    Tree works - (T3289 - Acer pseudoplatanus) - Fell down to 3m 2 stems closest to boundary wall. 2 stems from…

    ApprovedWorks to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area25/00385/TCON
  3. 2025
    7 Jul

    To cut back overhanging branches. Tree numbers 34-40, Fagus Sylvatica and Acer Pseudoplatanus.

    ApprovedWorks to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area25/00296/TCON
  4. 2024
    3 Sep

    Trees works (including crown reductions, removal of hanging deadwood branches) and to fell elm trees (group…

    ApprovedWorks to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area24/00409/TCON
  5. 2023
    10 Oct

    Tree numbers: 1456 - Fell Tree. Ash dieback, category 2-3; dieback worsening from the top down. Bacterial ask…

    ApprovedWorks to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area23/00518/TCON
  6. 2023
    24 Jul

    To fell Large Ash and Sycamore tree adjacent and overhanging the property (60 Station Road, Bolsover)

    ApprovedWorks to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area23/00385/TCON

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