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Seven Acres Country Park Thicketford Road Tonge Moor Bolton BL2 2LS

14194/22Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 July 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

GROUND RE PROFILING WORKS AROUND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING ACCESS, INSTALLATION OF BOLLARDS AND ABOVE GROUND STEEL ACCESS COVER IN ASSOCIATION WITH WIDER PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT WORKS.

Received
12 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 379 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Seven Acres Country Park Thicketford Road Tonge Moor Bolton BL2 2LS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 379 days, 46 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BL2 2LS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2022
Consultation expiry
2 November 2022
Consultation start
18 July 2022
Consultation end
8 August 2022
Neighbour consultation start
18 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end
8 August 2022
Last date for comments
2 November 2022
Target decision date
23 July 2023
Permission expires
26 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
United Utilities
Agent address
Thirlmere House Lingley Mere Business Park Lingley Green Avenue Warrington WA5 3LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
376 days

Publicity

Site notice end
2 November 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11347096
Documents
22
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: BoltonPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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