24A Church Road Bolton BL1 6HE

00171/26Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 10 March 2026

Council decision: Approved Part A and Refuse Part BDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Proposal

APPROVE PART A: FELL 1 LIME TREE REFUSE PART B: FELL 1 LIME TREE

Received: 4 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Smithills

ReceivedReceived4 Feb
ValidatedValidated4 Feb
Consult.Consultation26 Feb
TargetTarget Date1 Apr
DecidedDecided10 Mar

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 24A Church Road Bolton BL1 6HE. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Smithills. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

88% of trees 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 6HE
Application type: Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 26 February 2026
Consultation start: 5 February 2026
Consultation end: 26 February 2026
Last date for comments: 26 February 2026
Target decision date: 1 April 2026
Permission expires: 10 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Everything ARB
Agent address: 29 Marlborough Road Atherton M46 9LT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14657447
Documents: 4
Constraints: 12

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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bolton

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