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Farnworth Social Circle Cricket Club Piggott Street Bolton BL4 9QJ

00179/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions3 conditions

Proposal

CONTINUED TEMPORARY USE OF EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS BASE FOR 18 MONTHS.

Received
5 February 2026
Ward
Farnworth South
Agent
WHP TELCOMS LTD
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Farnworth Social Circle Cricket Club Piggott Street Bolton BL4 9QJ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Farnworth South. 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 9QJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation start
9 February 2026
Consultation end
2 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 March 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP TELCOMS LTD
Agent address
Building 8, Unit 6 Carryduff Business Park Comber Road Carryduff BT8 8AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
72 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
11 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14678252
Documents
20
Constraints
8

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.

Source: Bolton

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