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Land At Breightmet Drive Breightmet Bolton BL2

10653/21Prior Notification TelecomsRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 26 April 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE SITING OF A 18 METRE HIGH PHASE 8 MONOPOLE, C/W WRAPROUND CABINET AT BASE AND ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS

Received
4 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Breightmet
Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land At Breightmet Drive Breightmet Bolton BL2. Bolton has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days 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.

84% of all 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

Application type
Prior Notification Telecoms
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2021
Consultation expiry
23 April 2021
Consultation start
25 March 2021
Consultation end
22 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
31 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
23 April 2021
Last date for comments
23 April 2021
Target decision date
28 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
Agent address
Troy Mills Helena House Troy Road Horsforth, Leeds LS18 5GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 March 2021
Advertisement expiry
23 April 2021
Site notice end
23 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09572816
Documents
10
Constraints
6

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.

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