St Chads Church Tonge Fold Road Bolton BL2 6AR
Refused on 10 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCH TOWER
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Tonge With The Haulgh
- Agent
- Bradshaw Gass & Hope LLP
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation16 Mar
- TargetTarget Date16 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Apr
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at St Chads Church Tonge Fold Road Bolton BL2 6AR. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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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Why it was refused
- The belfry element is an important feature on this church and its loss would be considerable as a meaningful and crucial part of the design of this building. Its replacement with the proposed stubby addition would appear highly incongruous and would cause less than significant harm to the listed church. No public benefits have been brought forwards to justify the harm identified and as such the proposal is contrary to policies JP-P1 and JP-P2 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BL2 6AR
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 10 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bradshaw Gass & Hope LLP
- Agent address
- Second Floor Regent House Folds Road Bolton Greater Manchester BL12RZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 26 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14666045
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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