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162 Blackburn Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9SB

14804/22Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 18 April 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

INSTALLATION OF DROPPED KERB TO FRONT OF PROPERTY TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO FRONT GARDEN TO MAKE A DRIVEWAY.

Received
13 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley Cross
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Nov
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 187 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 162 Blackburn Road Egerton Bolton BL7 9SB. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 187 days, 19 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Egerton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bromley Cross. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 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
BL7 9SB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2022
Consultation expiry
12 April 2023
Consultation start
13 October 2022
Consultation end
3 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
13 October 2022
Neighbour consultation end
3 November 2022
Last date for comments
12 April 2023
Target decision date
13 April 2023
Permission expires
18 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
182 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 October 2022
Advertisement expiry
3 November 2022
Site notice end
12 April 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
14804/22
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3321283
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 October 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11617948
Documents
15
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Egerton
  • 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, 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.

Source: Bolton

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