116 Lightbounds Road Bolton BL1 5UP
Approved on 3 June 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditions5 conditions
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Proposal
DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY OUTBUILDING AND ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE AND SINGLE STOREY REAR WRAP-AROUND EXTENSION WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT WITH INTEGRATED GABLE ROOF PORCH. DRIVEWAY EXTENDED TO FRONT OF PROPERTY FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING
- Received
- 19 March 2026
- Ward
- Smithills
- Agent
- SHWilkinson Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Mar
- ValidatedValidated19 Mar
- Consult.Consultation13 Apr
- TargetTarget Date3 Jun
- DecidedDecided3 Jun
Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 116 Lightbounds Road Bolton BL1 5UP. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Smithills. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
- BL1 5UP
- Application type
- Householder Application for pl. permissi
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Applicable
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- SHWilkinson Architects Ltd
- Agent address
- 6 Dale Lee Westhoughton BOLTON BL5 3YE
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Vasundhara Nikam
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14787075
- Documents
- 28
- Constraints
- 10
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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