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Land To East Of Old Fold Road Old Fold Road Bolton BL5 2BY

01719/26Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 October 2026

Council decision: Approve without condition

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

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR ERECTION OF 9 NO. DWELLINGS

Received
21 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 31 October 2026
Ward
Westhoughton South
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Land To East Of Old Fold Road Old Fold Road Bolton BL5 2BY. Bolton has handled 5,979 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 51 applications across Westhoughton South. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BL5 2BY
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2026
Consultation end
28 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
South Team

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.

  • 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

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