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Edditch Farm High Bank Street Bolton BL2 6BP

00066/26Permission in PrincipleApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Approve without conditionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE ERECTION OF NO.1 DWELLING

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
Walker Design
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Edditch Farm High Bank Street Bolton BL2 6BP. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 6BP
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026
Permission expires
19 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walker Design
Agent address
G22 Bolton Arena Arena Approach Horwich Bolton BL6 6LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
26 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Tonge Fold Mill, Clegg Street, Bolton, BL2 6BLRegister 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

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