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Proposed Unit 8 Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Chorley Road Westhoughton

00100/26Reserved MattersApproved

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions9 conditions

Proposal

RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION (DETAILS OF ACCESS, LAYOUT, LANDSCAPING, APPEARANCE AND SCALE) FOR THE ERECTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL/WAREHOUSE BUILDING (UNIT 8) WITH ASSOCIATED SERVICE YARD, CAR PARKING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING ON OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION 16776/23

Received
21 January 2026
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning Ltd
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Proposed Unit 8 Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Chorley Road Westhoughton. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 8 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill.

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

Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation start
30 January 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026
Target decision date
18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning Ltd
Agent address
Coronet House Queen Street Leeds Yorkshire LS1 2TW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
4 March 2026
Site notice end
5 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14205206
Documents
76
Constraints
16

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.

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  3. 2026
    25 Feb

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 33 (COAL MINING MITIGATION) ON APPLICATION 16776/23

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  4. 2026
    21 Jan

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  5. 2023
    9 Sep

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 22 and 26 ON APPLICATION 04766/18

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