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Firwood High School Stitch Mi Lane Bolton BL2 4HU

00428/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions2 conditions

Proposal

VARIATION OF CONDITION 1 (TEMPORARY PERIOD NOTICE) TO AMEND REMOVAL NOTICE OF MODULAR CLASSROOM FROM 26TH JULY 2026 TO DECEMBER 2027 ON APPLICATION 18250/24,

Received
9 March 2026
Ward
Breightmet
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Firwood High School Stitch Mi Lane Bolton BL2 4HU. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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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Application details

Postcode
BL2 4HU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 March 2026
Consultation start
9 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 March 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sibcas
Agent address
Easton Road Bathgate EH48 2SF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14764643
Documents
7
Constraints
8

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.

Source: Bolton

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