51 Chelsea Road Bolton BL3 3BA
Refused on 13 October 2026
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Proposal
ERECTION OF PORCH, TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION INCLUDING BALCONY TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF REAR DORMER
- Received
- 20 July 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 7 November 2026
- Ward
- Great Lever
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 Jul
- ValidatedValidated20 Jul
- Consult.Consultation10 Aug
- TargetTarget Date31 Aug
- DecidedDecided13 Oct
Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at 51 Chelsea Road Bolton BL3 3BA. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Great Lever. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 postcode area.
81% of full 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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Why it was refused
- The two storey side extension with front balcony, rear dormer and rendering of the property, in terms of its design, scale, bulk and siting, is a disproportionate and incongruous addition to the dwellinghouse and is detrimental to the character and appearance of the dwellinghouse and the surrounding area, contrary to Policies JP-P1 of Places for Everyone, Policy RA1 of Bolton's Core Strategy and Supplementary Planning Document - "House Extensions".
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BL3 3BA
- Application type
- Householder Application for pl. permissi
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Applicable
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 August 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 August 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- Architect profile
- RA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- Agent address
- Suite 4, The White House 42-44 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4AP
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Vasundhara Nikam
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15087711
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Bolton
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