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Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Off Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY

01078/26Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions3 conditions

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

INSTALLATION OF 4 NO. POST MOUNTED SIGNS

Received
12 June 2026
Ward
Historic Record
Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Off Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY. Bolton has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Historic Record. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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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Application details

Postcode
BL5 3LY
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2026
Target decision date
24 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning
Agent address
Coronet House Queen Street Leeds LS1 2TW

Planning decision

Case officer
Jodie Turton
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14891036
Documents
4
Constraints
12

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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