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Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 5UE

00268/26Discharge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: DeterminedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 13 (ELECTRONIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS) ON APPLICATION 09862/20

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
Agent
Paddock Johnson Architects
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Bolton BL6 5UE. Bolton has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Horwich Locomotive Works conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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
BL6 5UE
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Last date for comments
10 March 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026
Permission expires
16 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paddock Johnson Architects
Architect profile
PADDOCK JOHNSON PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Agent address
Studio 2 The Lyceum Bath Street Port Sunlight CH62 4UJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14651335
Documents
4
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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