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1& 3 Beech Avenue Bolton BL6 6LU

00373/26Householder Application for pl. permissiRefused
Householder

Refused on 7 May 2026

3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSIONS TO REAR OF DWELLINGS.

Received
2 March 2026
Ward
Horwich North
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 1& 3 Beech Avenue Bolton BL6 6LU. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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. The proposed extensions, in terms of the design, scale, bulk and siting, would be a disproportionate and incongruous addition to the dwellinghouses and would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the houses and the surrounding area, and would have a detrimental impact on the amenity of the neighbouring property no.29 Ainsworth Avenue, contrary to policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone and OA1 and CG4 of Bolton's Core Strategy and Supplementary Planning Document - "House Extensions".
  2. The proposed car parking to the rear of the property would result in the loss of landscaped garden areas to the detriment of the character and appearance of the area and have an detrimental impact on the neighbouring residents in terms of noise, disturbance and light, and is contrary to Bolton's Core Strategy policy CG4 and Places for Everyone policy JP-P1.
  3. Insufficient information has been provided by the applicant with regards to how the proposed development would impact on existing trees, to enable the proposal to be properly judged against policy JP-G7 of Places for Everyone.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL6 6LU
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
4 March 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 March 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Markland Hill Close Bolton BL1 5NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14745907
Documents
13
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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