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Land To The West Of Dobb Brow Road Westhoughton Bolton

15705/23Outline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 November 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee

Proposal

OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF 10NO. DWELLINGS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, TOGETHER WITH THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING GARAGE, (ACCESS DETAILS ONLY)

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Westhoughton South
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 241 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land To The West Of Dobb Brow Road Westhoughton Bolton. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 241 days, 26 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Westhoughton South.

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

Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
10
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Consultation expiry
20 July 2023
Consultation start
4 April 2023
Consultation end
25 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
25 April 2023
Last date for comments
20 July 2023
Target decision date
15 November 2023
Committee meeting
14 November 2023
Permission expires
20 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Lichfields Ship Canal House 96-98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Beth Gunn
Statutory period
236 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 April 2023
Advertisement expiry
3 May 2023
Site notice end
20 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11999257
Documents
47
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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