Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Bolsover
53 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Bolsover took 53 days from submission to decision — 3 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 157 decisions where the council published both dates.
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Not ranked yet: our records do not yet pass the historical coverage, monthly continuity, missing-date and refresh checks for this window. The figure above is still what the published dates say; it is left out of the league table so it cannot distort the ranking. See the methodology.
How Bolsover compares
Year to December 2026
Bolsover decides faster than the country as a whole: 4 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 55%.
The average here is 77 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 156 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 86 55%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 30 19%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 41 26%
By type of application
Year to December 2026 · types with at least ten decisions
The headline median mixes every kind of application together. A householder extension and an outline application for a housing site are not the same job, and the difference between them is usually larger than the difference between two councils.
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Outline 10 decided 19 days
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Trees 16 decided 36 days
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Amendments 18 decided 43 days
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Conditions 25 decided 64 days
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Full applications 71 decided 70 days
What Bolsover decides
Year to December 2026
Bolsover issued 157 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 97% were approvals: 138 granted against 5 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes sit outside that percentage rather than being counted as either.
Speed and approval rate are separate things. A council that refuses quickly is not doing the same job as one that negotiates an approval slowly, and neither figure alone says which served the applicant better.
Common questions
How long does a planning decision take in Bolsover?
The median planning application decided by Bolsover in the year to December 2026 took 53 days from submission to decision, 3 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 157 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Bolsover meet the eight week target?
55% of the 157 decisions Bolsover made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 74% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 156 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Bolsover faster or slower than average?
Bolsover is faster than average: its median of 53 days is 4 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Bolsover approve?
97% of the clear-cut outcomes Bolsover issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 138 granted against 5 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Bolsover planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 53 days from application to decision (3 days inside the eight week target), across 157 decisions with both dates published. 55% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 74% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 156 days. 97% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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