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Brookfields Factory Hill Bolton BL6 6SE

00769/26Notice of Intention (Trees)Approved

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: That a TPO not be made

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

FELLING OF 1NO. ASH TREE

Received
28 April 2026
Ward
Horwich North
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Brookfields Factory Hill Bolton BL6 6SE. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wallsuches conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Horwich North. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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
BL6 6SE
Application type
Notice of Intention (Trees)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2026
Consultation expiry
19 May 2026
Consultation start
28 April 2026
Consultation end
19 May 2026
Last date for comments
19 May 2026
Target decision date
9 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Planning Control - Trees And Woodland
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wallsuches
  • 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, 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

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© 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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