Bridge Street Farnworth Greater Manchester Bolton BL4 7QZ
Refused on 6 May 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
PRIOR NOTIFICATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING 8M TELEGRAPH POLE CABINETS AND ANTENNAS TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF 20M MONOPOLE WITH 6 NO. ANTENNAS AND 2 NO. CABINETS.
- Received
- 13 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Farnworth North
- Agent
- Perry Williams Ltd
- ReceivedReceived13 Mar
- ValidatedValidated13 Mar
- Consult.Consultation6 Apr
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided6 May
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a telecoms application at Bridge Street Farnworth Greater Manchester Bolton BL4 7QZ. Bolton has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 postcode area.
84% of all 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
- BL4 7QZ
- Application type
- Prior Notification Telecoms
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 6 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 May 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Perry Williams Ltd
- Agent address
- Dunkirk Avenue Desborough Northants NN14 6DE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 15 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 17 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14776218
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
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.
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