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The Elms 717 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 7JJ

00544/26Householder Application for pl. permissiRefused
Householder

Refused on 20 May 2026

2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE ERECTION OF COMPOSITE FENCING ABOVE EXISTING STONE WALL AS BOUNDARY TREATMENT

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Astley Bridge
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Elms 717 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 7JJ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Astley Bridge. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed fence by reason of its height, colour, material and position at the back of the pavement at Blackburn Road is detrimental to the character and appearance of the site, the surrounding area and the street scene, contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan and Policy OA5 of Bolton's Core Strategy.
  2. Insufficient information has been provided by the applicant with regards to visibility splays and how the proposed development would impact on highway safety at the junction of Blackburn Road with Bar Lane, to enable the proposal to be properly judged against Places for Everyone Policy JP-C8 and the guidance contained within Supplementary Planning Document "House Extensions".

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL1 7JJ
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2026
Last date for comments
22 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
32 Seymour Road Bolton bl1 8pg

Planning decision

Case officer
Vasundhara Nikam
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14775311
Documents
5
Constraints
33

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Jul

    LOWERING OF EXISTING BOUNDARY FENCE TOGETHER WITH PLANTING BEHIND BOUNDARY

    PendingApplication01311/26

Source: Bolton

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