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218 Albert Road Bolton BL4 9JB

00541/26Advertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 22 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CONTINUED DISPLAY OF 1NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FASCIA AND 1NO. VINYL BANNER

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth South
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 218 Albert Road Bolton BL4 9JB. Bolton has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Farnworth South. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 postcode area.

83% of advertising 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 two signs, by reason of their design, size and siting appear as incongruous additions to the application site and in turn have an adverse impact on the visual amenity of the area, contrary to Policy RA2 of Bolton's Core Strategy, Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone and Supplementary Planning Document `General Design Principles'.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL4 9JB
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
14 April 2026
Consultation start
24 March 2026
Consultation end
14 April 2026
Last date for comments
14 April 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026
Permission expires
22 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14805660
Documents
5
Constraints
8

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

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.

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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