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Land At Blackburn Road Bolton BL7 9EP

01179/26PN Agr/forestry dev proposed roadRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 23 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and Refused

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR CREATION OF MACHINERY AND LIVESTOCK TRACK

Received
26 June 2026
Ward
Astley Bridge
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 27 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Land At Blackburn Road Bolton BL7 9EP. Bolton has handled 5,979 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 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 82 applications across Astley Bridge. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BL7 9EP
Application type
PN Agr/forestry dev proposed road
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2026
Target decision date
24 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
MacMarshalls
Agent address
Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH

Planning decision

Case officer
Lisa Kingsbury
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15014982
Documents
4
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Bolton

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Bolton

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