Land To The East Of 72 Chorley Road Bolton BL6 5JX
Approved on 20 August 2026
Council decision: Approve without condition
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Proposal
PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING
- Received
- 9 July 2026
- Ward
- Historic Record
- Agent
- KG Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived9 Jul
- ValidatedValidated10 Jul
- Consult.Consultation31 Jul
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided20 Aug
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land To The East Of 72 Chorley Road Bolton BL6 5JX. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Historic Record. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 postcode area.
79% of outline 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 5JX
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Blackrod Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 31 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 31 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 31 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- KG Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 26 Andrew Lane Bolton BL1 7JQ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Aisha Nawal Haque
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Bolton
- 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, 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
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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.
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