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544 Plodder Lane Farnworth Bolton BL4 0LA

08523/20Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 October 2020

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND REAR TOGETHER WITH CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO FORM HABITABLE ROOM

Received
8 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harper Green
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 137 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 544 Plodder Lane Farnworth Bolton BL4 0LA. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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
BL4 0LA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
District
128735

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2020
Consultation expiry
16 October 2020
Consultation start
10 June 2020
Consultation end
8 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
10 June 2020
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2020
Last date for comments
16 October 2020
Target decision date
23 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
45 Woodvale Avenue Bolton BL33HF

Planning decision

Statutory period
137 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 October 2020
Site notice end
16 October 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08780728
Documents
7
Constraints
8

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

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.

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