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49 Broadwalk Bolton BL5 2AA

01418/26Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 September 2026

Council decision: GPD Conditional Approval (No Objections)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (3.99M LONG; 3.30M MAX HEIGHT; 2.90M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
31 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Westhoughton South
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 52 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at 49 Broadwalk Bolton BL5 2AA. Bolton has handled 5,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Westhoughton South. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BL5 2AA
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Vasundhara Nikam

Additional information

Documents
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.

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