Land Adjacent To 649 Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NL
Refused on 3 September 2026
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details
This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.
Proposal
APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR ERECTION OF 9 NO. DWELLINGS
- Received
- 30 July 2026
- Ward
- Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
- ReceivedReceived30 Jul
- ValidatedValidated31 Jul
- Consult.Consultation21 Aug
- TargetTarget Date11 Sep
- DecidedDecided3 Sep
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land Adjacent To 649 Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NL. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
79% of outline applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- BL5 3NL
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westhoughton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 August 2026
- Consultation start
- 31 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 August 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 August 2026
- Last date for comments
- 21 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- MacMarshalls
- Agent address
- 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton Lancashire BL1 4DH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Aisha Nawal Haque
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 14
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
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
Track this application
Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.
Get email alerts near BL5
New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.
Around this site
Nearby applications
- Ashcrofts Farm Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NL19760/25 · ConditionsApproved0.0 mi
- Ashcrofts Farm Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NL00970/26 · FullApproved0.0 mi
- Land Opposite To 686 Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NL00571/26 · OutlineApproved0.1 mi
- Ancillary Buildling To Front 692 Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NL00354/26 · FullRefused0.1 mi
- 674 Manchester Road Bolton BL6 5RU19704/25 · FullRefused0.2 mi
For applicants and trades
Consultants on this application
- MacMarshalls Rural Chartered Surveyors · Agent for this application
Contractors near this project
Find contractors for new builds near this site- iHeating Solutions LtdAir Source Heat PumpSolar Panel Installer0.1 mi
- Sapphire WindowsWindow & Door Installer0.8 mi
- Manchester Road Surfacing Holdings LimitedBolton1.0 mi
- Dalkia Group LtdElectrician1.1 mi
What's been approved on your street?
See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.
Get The Signal Report