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Seftons Farm Wigan Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2DD

00049/26EIA ScreeningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 January 2026

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

Proposal

EIA Screening Report

Received
22 December 2025
Ward
Westhoughton South
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Seftons Farm Wigan Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2DD. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Westhoughton South. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BL5 2DD
Application type
EIA Screening
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Ship Canal House, 98 King Street, Manchester M2 4WU
Applicant company

Keepmoat Homes Limited

Company number 02207338

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
22 Dec 1987 (38 years old)
Nature of business
Construction of domestic buildings
Registered office
Doncaster

6 other planning applications by this company in Halton, West Lindsey and Wychavon.

  • W/26/02074/RM · Wychavon · Atlas Works Station Road Pershore WR10 2BZ
  • WL/2026/00862 · West Lindsey · LAND AT FOXBY LANE
  • 26/00314/ADV · Halton · Land Off Hale Gate Road Widnes Cheshire
  • 26/00305/NMA · Halton · Land Off Hale Gate Road Widnes Cheshire
  • 26/00172/COND · Halton · Land Off Hale Gate Road Widnes Cheshire
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

© 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.

Source: Bolton

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