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Thornleigh Salesian College Sharples Park Bolton BL1 6PQ

00435/26Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRUNING OF G1 MIXED SPECIES.

Received
9 March 2026
Ward
Astley Bridge
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Thornleigh Salesian College Sharples Park Bolton BL1 6PQ. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Astley Bridge. 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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Application details

Postcode
BL1 6PQ
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
31 March 2026
Consultation start
10 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026
Last date for comments
31 March 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
CJM Tree Care
Agent address
4 Welland Road Ashton In Makerfield WN4 8UB

Planning decision

Case officer
Planning Control - Trees And Woodland
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14766555
Documents
4
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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