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Wilfred Geere House Highfield Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0PG

02330/17Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 January 2018

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

DISPLAY OF 1NO. ILLUMINATED DIRECTIONAL SIGN TO FRONT ELEVATION.

Received
15 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harper Green
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Wilfred Geere House Highfield Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0PG. Bolton has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 postcode area.

83% of advertising 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
BL4 0PG
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
111416

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2017
Consultation expiry
20 December 2017
Consultation start
22 November 2017
Consultation end
20 December 2017
Neighbour consultation end
13 December 2017
Last date for comments
13 December 2017
Target decision date
16 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bolton Council
Agent address
Bolton Council Corporate Property Services Level 3 Town Hall Bolton BL1QY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 December 2017
Site notice end
13 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06539140
Documents
7
Constraints
6

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. 2013
    20 Nov

    FORMATION OF CAR PARK, AMBULANCE BAY AND ACCESS ROAD

    ApprovedFull Planning Application91072/13

Source: Bolton

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