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60 Forton Avenue Bolton BL2 6JF

08722/20General Permitted Development ExtensionsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 6 August 2020

Council decision: GPD RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR ( 6M LONG, 4M MAX HEIGHT; 2.7M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
26 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Breightmet
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 60 Forton Avenue Bolton BL2 6JF. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 6JF
Application type
General Permitted Development Extensions
Scale / size
Small
District
34330

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2020
Consultation expiry
31 July 2020
Consultation end
31 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end
31 July 2020
Last date for comments
31 July 2020
Target decision date
6 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Darbyshire Close Bolton BL1 4BR

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
31 July 2020
Site notice end
31 July 2020

Additional information

Documents
9
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

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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