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Mercury Filling Station Manchester Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3JP

15704/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 March 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CAR WASH BUILDINGS AND TWO DWELLINGS (544-546 MANCHESTER ROAD), TOGETHER WITH, ERECTION OF A ROADSIDE SERVICE FACILITY, INCLUDING DRIVE THRU COFFEE SHOP AND 3 COMMERCIAL UNITS (LAND USE CLASSIFICATION E OR SUI GENERIS TAKE AWAY), AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING AND CAR PARKING ARRANGEMENTS.

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent
ADS Design
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 312 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Mercury Filling Station Manchester Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3JP. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 364 days, 44 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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
BL5 3JP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2023
Consultation expiry
3 August 2023
Consultation start
16 May 2023
Consultation end
6 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
12 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
2 August 2023
Last date for comments
3 August 2023
Target decision date
17 September 2023
Permission expires
22 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
ADS Design
Agent address
3A Granville Court Granville Mount Otley LS21 3PB

Planning decision

Case officer
Lauren Kaye
Statutory period
125 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
14 June 2023
Site notice end
3 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11972204
Documents
28
Constraints
10

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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Apr

    SITING OF VARIOUS SIGNAGE

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