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815 St Helens Road Bolton BL5 1AG

00335/26Non-Material Change to Existing AppnRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 6 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 15780/23 TO INCREASE REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION BY 900MM

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 10 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 815 St Helens Road Bolton BL5 1AG. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 6 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 postcode area.

75% of amendment 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 proposed alterations would be a material amendment to planning application 15780/23 and would require the benefit of planning permission.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL5 1AG
Application type
Non-Material Change to Existing Appn
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026
Permission expires
6 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14728871
Documents
4
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Mar

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.

    ApprovedHouseholder00518/26

Source: Bolton

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