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Horrocks Moorcroft Scout Road Bolton BL1 7NZ

01247/26Certificate of Lawfulness ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 September 2026

Council decision: Approve without condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS EXISTING (S191) FOR CONTINUED USE OF LAND FOR SITING OF CARAVAN FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED RESIDENTIAL CURTILAGE

Received
3 July 2026
Ward
Astley Bridge
Agent
Macmarshalls Ltd
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Horrocks Moorcroft Scout Road Bolton BL1 7NZ. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Astley Bridge. We hold 1,098 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 7NZ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Target decision date
17 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Macmarshalls Ltd
Agent address
Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DG

Planning decision

Case officer
Lisa Kingsbury
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15059267
Documents
5
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • SSSI: West Pennine Moors SSSIPart of 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 (20)

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, 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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