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23 Thorn Street Bolton BL1 8LA

00088/26Householder Application for pl. permissiApproved
Householder

Approved on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT REAR WITH DORMER AT REAR.

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Halliwell
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 23 Thorn Street Bolton BL1 8LA. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Halliwell. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

81% of full 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
BL1 8LA
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
12 February 2026
Consultation start
22 January 2026
Consultation end
12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026
Permission expires
13 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
32 Seymour Road Bolton BL1 8PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14587014
Documents
7
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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