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Morris Fold Barn Slack Fold Lane Bolton BL4 0LJ

05439/19Certificate of Lawfulness ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 29 March 2019

Council decision: Approve without conditionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S191) FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM AGRICULTURAL LAND TO DOMESTIC GARDEN.

Received
5 February 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
Agent
Harry Jackson Surveyors Ltd
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided29 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Morris Fold Barn Slack Fold Lane Bolton BL4 0LJ. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 postcode area.

75% of amendment 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 0LJ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small
District
101714

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2019
Consultation expiry
12 March 2019
Consultation start
12 February 2019
Consultation end
12 March 2019
Neighbour consultation end
6 March 2019
Last date for comments
6 March 2019
Target decision date
1 April 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Harry Jackson Surveyors Ltd
Agent address
Unit 4A Farnworth Park Industrial Estate Wellington Street Farnworth BL4 7BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 March 2019
Site notice end
6 March 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07586708
Documents
8
Constraints
9

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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