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1 Hesketh Avenue Bolton BL1 8RP

01643/26Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 21 October 2026

Council decision: GPD Refused1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.00M LONG; 3.25M MAX HEIGHT; 2.80M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
9 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Astley Bridge
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at 1 Hesketh Avenue Bolton BL1 8RP. Bolton has handled 5,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Astley Bridge. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed extension is not permitted development as it fails to comply with sub- paragraph A.1 (j)(iii) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL1 8RP
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Vasundhara Nikam

Additional information

Documents
5

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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