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Sheep House Farm Smithills Dean Road Bolton BL1 7NU

00332/26Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 12 August 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions

Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR ROOF AND RAINWATER GOODS REPAIRS INCLUDING SPLICE REPAIRS TO TRUSSES, RAFTERS AND PURLINS AND INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL DOWNPIPE

Received
23 February 2026
Ward
Smithills
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 169 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Sheep House Farm Smithills Dean Road Bolton BL1 7NU. Bolton has handled 99 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 16 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

94% of heritage 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 7NU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 March 2026
Last date for comments
24 March 2026
Target decision date
14 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
F German
Agent address
International House, Chester Business Park, Kingsfield Ct, Chester CH4 9RE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
18 March 2025
Site notice end
24 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14727332
Documents
9
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, conservation areas, 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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