Brinsop House Farm Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NH
Approved on 30 October 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditions14 conditions
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Proposal
CONVERSION OF EXISTING BARN INTO 3 NO. DWELLINGS.
- Received
- 24 March 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 1 November 2026
- Ward
- Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
- Agent
- MWT Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived24 Mar
- ValidatedValidated30 Mar
- Consult.Consultation21 Apr
- TargetTarget Date18 May
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 214 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Brinsop House Farm Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NH. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 220 days, 23 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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
- BL5 3NH
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westhoughton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 31 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 8 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- MWT Planning Limited
- Agent address
- Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Planning decision
- Case officer
- John Dupre
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 8 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14803083
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
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.
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