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Land Adjacent To 5 Castle Street Castle Street Bolton BL2 1AD

00178/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

ERECTION OF 2NO. SELF-CONTAINED APARTMENTS

Received
5 February 2026
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
SHWilkinson Architects Ltd
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To 5 Castle Street Castle Street Bolton BL2 1AD. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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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Application details

Postcode
BL2 1AD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SHWilkinson Architects Ltd
Agent address
6 Dale Lee Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3YE

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14602042
Documents
32
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Nov

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 3 (ENERGY STATEMENT), 4 (CONTAMINATED LAND), 5 (GROUND INVESTIGATION), 6 (SITE…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)01971/26
  2. 2026
    5 Feb

    ERECTION OF 2NO. SELF-CONTAINED APARTMENTS

    This applicationApprovedFull00178/26

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