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52 Sapling Road, Bolton, BL3 3QL

07761/20General Permitted Development ExtensionsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 March 2020

Council decision: GPD RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (3.5M LONG; 3.81M MAX HEIGHT; 2.4M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
3 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 52 SAPLING ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3QL. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 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 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 3QL
Application type
General Permitted Development Extensions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2020
Consultation expiry
26 February 2020
Consultation end
26 February 2020
Neighbour consultation start
3 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
26 February 2020
Last date for comments
15 March 2020
Application expires
15 March 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 February 2020
Site notice end
26 February 2020

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
5

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.

Source: Bolton

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