7 Hodgkinsons Farm Bolton BL1 5ST
Approved on 16 September 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditions3 conditions
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Proposal
ALTERATION OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE SOLAR PANELS
- Received
- 16 February 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 3 November 2026
- Ward
- Smithills
- ReceivedReceived16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided16 Sep
Decided in 194 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 7 Hodgkinsons Farm Bolton BL1 5ST. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.
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
- BL1 5ST
- Application type
- Householder Application for pl. permissi
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 22 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 22 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Alex Allen
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 22 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14706939
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Bolton
- 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, 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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1 other application at this property, newest first.
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