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Albert Works Albert Street Bolton BL6 7AP

00337/26Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION TO CULVERT EXISTING WATERCOURSE FOR CREATION OF UP TO NO. 10 ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES AND ENLARGEMENT OF GATED ENTRANCE.

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich North
Agent
Building Design Services
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Albert Works Albert Street Bolton BL6 7AP. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Horwich North. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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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Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information has been provided by the applicant with regards to flood risk to enable the proposal to be properly judged against the policy JP- S4 of Places for Everyone Joint Development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL6 7AP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
9 April 2026
Consultation end
30 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 April 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026
Permission expires
17 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Building Design Services
Agent address
10 Harpford Close Breightmet Bolton BL2 6TN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14729050
Documents
7
Constraints
1

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    25 Feb

    ERECTION OF 1 NO. INDUSTRIAL UNIT.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside00344/26
  2. 2026
    24 Feb

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION TO CULVERT EXISTING WATERCOURSE FOR CREATION OF UP TO NO. 10 ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING…

    This applicationRefusedFull00337/26

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