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388 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5AH

00352/26Works to Trees in Council OwnershipRefused

Refused on 14 September 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRUNING OF 1 NO. COMMON BEECH

Received
26 February 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 200 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 388 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5AH. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 200 days, 21 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Chorley New Road conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 205 applications across Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

88% of trees 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 pruning works requested by the Applicant are considered to be unacceptable as they would be detritmental to the visual amenity and health of the tree(s), contrary to policies JP-G1 and JP-G7 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL1 5AH
Application type
Works to Trees in Council Ownership
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
19 March 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Robert Hickey
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14736398
Documents
5
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chorley New Road
  • 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, 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

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© 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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