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129 Bradford Road Bolton BL3 2HU

00465/26General Permitted Development ExtensionsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 20 April 2026

Council decision: GPD RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.00M LONG; 3.89M MAX HEIGHT; 2.70M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth North
Agent
SMS architecture
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 129 Bradford Road Bolton BL3 2HU. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 1,691 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

  1. 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 2HU
Application type
General Permitted Development Extensions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
3 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2026
Last date for comments
3 April 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026
Permission expires
20 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
SMS architecture
Architect profile
SMS ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
59 Croston Street Bolton BL3 4BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14777818
Documents
4
Constraints
11

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.

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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