Davenport House Royal Bolton Hospital Minerva Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JR
Approved on 24 July 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditions12 conditions
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Proposal
FORMATION OF HARDSTANDING TO EXTEND EXISTING CAR PARK.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Ward
- Farnworth North
- Agent
- EdgePlan Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Mar
- TargetTarget Date22 Apr
- DecidedDecided24 Jul
Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Davenport House Royal Bolton Hospital Minerva Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JR. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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
- BL4 0JR
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Not Applicable
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- EdgePlan Ltd
- Agent address
- 7 Charlotte Street Manchester M1 4DZ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Aisha Nawal Haque
- Statutory period
- 89 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14637712
- Documents
- 37
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Redgate WayRegister site at or near this address · +4 more
- 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.
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