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Land Adjacent To 43 The Hollins Plodder Lane Farnworth Bolton BL4 0LF

07577/19Permission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 3 July 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPAL FOR FIVE TERRACE DWELLINGS.

Received
23 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 193 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adjacent To 43 The Hollins Plodder Lane Farnworth Bolton BL4 0LF. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 193 days, 20 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

79% of outline 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 0LF
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2019
Consultation expiry
31 January 2020
Consultation start
3 January 2020
Consultation end
31 January 2020
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end
26 January 2020
Last date for comments
26 January 2020
Target decision date
26 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Ty Brith Gardens Usk Monmouthshire Wales NP15 1BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
34 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 January 2020
Advertisement expiry
26 January 2020
Site notice end
26 January 2020

Appeal

Appeal reference
07577/19
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3265502
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 24 May 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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