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17 Heaton Avenue Bolton BL2 4BP

00302/26General Permitted Development ExtensionsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 31 March 2026

Council decision: GPD RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.90M LONG; 3.10M MAX HEIGHT; 2.80M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
19 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bradshaw
Agent
PCE Designs Ltd
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 17 Heaton Avenue Bolton BL2 4BP. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Bradshaw. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 postcode area.

79% of outline 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal is not permitted development as it fails to comply with Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A, (j)(iii) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 2015 (as amended) as the proposed extension would extend beyond a side elevation and would be more than half the width of the original dwelling.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL2 4BP
Application type
General Permitted Development Extensions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026
Permission expires
31 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
PCE Designs Ltd
Architect profile
PCE DESIGNS LIMITED
Agent address
40 Queensway Euxton Chorley PR7 6PW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14696337
Documents
5
Constraints
11

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.

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