Breightmet Golf Club Red Lane Bolton BL2 5PA

00517/26Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions

Proposal

PRUNING OF 1 NO SYCAMORE

Received: 20 March 2026
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Breightmet

ReceivedReceived20 Mar
ValidatedValidated20 Mar
Consult.Consultation13 Apr
TargetTarget Date15 May
DecidedDecided24 Jul

Decided in 126 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Breightmet Golf Club Red Lane Bolton BL2 5PA. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer 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.

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: BL2 5PA
Application type: Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 13 April 2026
Consultation start: 23 March 2026
Consultation end: 13 April 2026
Last date for comments: 13 April 2026
Target decision date: 15 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Robert Hickey
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14786720
Documents: 4
Constraints: 16

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Green belt: Bolton

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.

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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.

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Source: Bolton

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