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17 Woodvale Avenue Bolton BL3 3HF

11943/21General Permitted Development ExtensionsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 September 2021

Council decision: GPD Conditional Approval (No Objections)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (6.0M LONG; 3.61M MAX HEIGHT; 2.74M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
10 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harper Green
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 17 Woodvale Avenue Bolton BL3 3HF. 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. We hold 1,691 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 3HF
Application type
General Permitted Development Extensions
Scale / size
Small
District
97880

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2021
Consultation expiry
3 September 2021
Consultation end
3 September 2021
Neighbour consultation start
11 August 2021
Neighbour consultation end
3 September 2021
Last date for comments
3 September 2021
Target decision date
21 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Jessie Street Bolton BL3 5PE

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 September 2021
Site notice end
3 September 2021

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
5

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

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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.

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