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23 Whitland Avenue Bolton BL1 5FB

01060/26Certificate of Lawfulness ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 16 June 2026

Council decision: Approve without condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS EXISTING (S191) FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

Received
10 June 2026
Ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 Whitland Avenue Bolton BL1 5FB. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 205 applications across Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

75% of amendment 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
BL1 5FB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2026
Target decision date
22 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Neve Berriman
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14999414
Documents
6
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chorley New RoadNext to the site
  • 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

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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