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80 & 82 Smethurst Lane Bolton BL3 3QE

04430/18Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 October 2018

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO Nos 80 AND 82 SMETHURST LANE.

Received
28 August 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Sep
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 80 & 82 Smethurst Lane Bolton BL3 3QE. Bolton has handled 3,200 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. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 postcode area.

81% of full 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
BL3 3QE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
District
80997

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2018
Consultation expiry
28 September 2018
Consultation end
28 September 2018
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2018
Neighbour consultation end
28 September 2018
Last date for comments
28 September 2018
Target decision date
29 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Platt Hill Avenue Bolton BL3 4JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 September 2018
Site notice end
28 September 2018

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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