169 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS
Refused on 14 April 2026
Council decision: GPD Refused1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.20M MAX HEIGHT; 2.90M EAVES HEIGHT)
- Received
- 3 March 2026
- Ward
- Great Lever
- ReceivedReceived3 Mar
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date14 Apr
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at 169 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 postcode area.
79% of outline 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
- The proposed extension is not permitted development as it fails to comply with sub-paragraph j)(iii) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BL3 2JS
- Application type
- General Permitted Development Extensions
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 24 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- no organisation
- Agent address
- 45 Woodvale Avenue Bolton BL3 3HF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14743541
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Bolton
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