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Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Off Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY

00340/26Discharge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: DeterminedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 33 (COAL MINING MITIGATION) ON APPLICATION 16776/23

Received
25 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Off Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY. Bolton has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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
BL5 3LY
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation start
25 February 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026
Permission expires
19 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning
Agent address
Coronet House Queen Street Leeds Yorkshire LS1 2TW

Planning decision

Case officer
Liz Seymour
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14703059
Documents
4
Constraints
43

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
    20 Oct

    PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 30 (GROUND CONDITION/CONTAMINATION) AND 31 (GROUND CONDITION/CONTAMINATION) ON…

    PendingDischarge of conditions01895/26
  2. 2026
    24 Jun

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 30 (GROUND INVESTIGATION) AND 31 (CONTAMINATED LAND) ON APPLICATION 16776/23

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions01165/26
  3. 2026
    25 Feb

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 33 (COAL MINING MITIGATION) ON APPLICATION 16776/23

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions00340/26
  4. 2026
    21 Jan

    RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION (DETAILS OF ACCESS, LAYOUT, LANDSCAPING, APPEARANCE AND SCALE) FOR THE ERECTION…

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelated00100/26
  5. 2023
    9 Sep

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 22 and 26 ON APPLICATION 04766/18

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of16776/23

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Jun

    INSTALLATION OF 4 NO. POST MOUNTED SIGNS

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent01078/26

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