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Nottinghamshire Fire And Rescue Headquarters Bestwood Lodge Drive Bestwood Nottinghamshire NG5 8PD

2026/0261NMANon-material AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 June 2026

Council decision: NMA Approval Conditional1 condition

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Removal of retaining walls and banking of existing grounds to reduce amount of offsite materials/removed ground and retain levels closer to existing site levels. Minor amendments to window layouts to suit structural framing and improve construction efficiency. Minor amendment to stone detailing to incorporate brick panels or simplify stone profiles to reduce material wastage Updated landscape proposals to reflect removal of the retaining walls and ensure consistency across approved plans.

Received
20 April 2026
Ward
Bestwood St Albans Ward 2015
Agent
Anderson Orr Architects Ltd
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated20 Apr
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Nottinghamshire Fire And Rescue Headquarters Bestwood Lodge Drive Bestwood Nottinghamshire NG5 8PD. Gedling has handled 111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Gedling's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Bestwood St Albans Ward 2015. We hold 1,198 applications in total for the NG5 postcode area.

97% of amendment applications at Gedling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NG5 8PD
Application type
Non-material Amendments
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Albans Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 April 2026
Consultation expiry
13 May 2026
Consultation start
22 April 2026
Consultation end
13 May 2026
Target decision date
18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Anderson Orr Architects Ltd
Architect profile
ANDERSON ORR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Anderson Orr Architects Ltd The Big Barn, Units 8-10 Weston On The Green Oxfordshire Oxfordshire OX25 3QW

Planning decision

Case officer
Claire Turton
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14863102
Documents
34
Constraints
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old LodgeOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Gedling
  • Brownfield land register: Headquarters Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service (building complex)Register 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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    20 Apr

    Removal of retaining walls and banking of existing grounds to reduce amount of offsite materials/removed…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment2026/0261NMA
  2. 2026
    20 Apr

    Condition information updated to reflect the recently submitted Non Material Amendment on the same site to…

    DOC-AcceptableNon-material amendmentFiled alongside2026/0262DOC

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