686 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6JD

15232/23Works to a tree with a TPORefused

Refused on 23 March 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

FELLING OF 3 POPLAR

Received: 4 January 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Breightmet

ReceivedReceived4 Jan
ValidatedValidated4 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Mar
DecidedDecided23 Mar

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 686 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6JD. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer 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.

88% of trees 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 6JD
Application type: Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 January 2023
Target decision date: 1 March 2023
Permission expires: 23 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11801807
Documents: 10
Constraints: 1

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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Source: Bolton

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