Planning Advice Notes assist both the preparation of planning applications and the assessment of those applications by providing advice on the operation of certain policies within the Local Plan for Bolsover District (2020).

To date, the following Planning Advice Notes are being prepared:

• Biodiversity Net Gain (consultation draft)

Biodiversity Net Gain

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is about preserving biodiversity through creating or enhancing habitats through new developments and a new mandatory 10% Biodiversity Net Gain requirement will be applicable on all large planning applications from January 2024 and on small-scale applications from April 2024.

In light of this new requirement, we are preparing a new Planning Advice Note to provide advice on the background to the introduction of mandatory 10% Biodiversity Net Gain, how this statutory provision relates to policy SC9: Biodiversity and Geodiversity in the Local Plan for Bolsover District and how the Council will expect those preparing applications to approach this new legal requirement.

View the Draft Planning Advice Note (pdf download)

Comments can be made on this draft Planning Advice Note and these will be taken into account before the Note is finalised. Comments must be made in writing and should preferably be sent electronically by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 5pm on Wednesday 31st January 2024. Please note that any comments you make may be made publicly available.