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Westhoughton High County Secondary School Bolton Road Bolton BL5 3BZ

01388/26Full Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

INSTALLATION OF MODULAR BUILDING TOGETHER WITH NEW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS GATE

Received
28 July 2026
Decision due
8 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 1 November 2026
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at Westhoughton High County Secondary School Bolton Road Bolton BL5 3BZ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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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Application details

Postcode
BL5 3BZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2026
Consultation expiry
20 August 2026
Consultation start
30 July 2026
Consultation end
20 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2026
Last date for comments
20 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Good & Tillotson
Architect profile
GOOD & TILLOTSON LTD
Agent address
318 Chorley Old Road Bolton Greater Manchester BL1 4J GB

Planning decision

Case officer
South Team
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15091741
Documents
10
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Jul

    REMOVAL OF 8 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES AND CREATION OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

    PendingApplication01309/26

Source: Bolton

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