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Land South Of Freshfield Avenue Bolton BL3 3HL

16027/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 July 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee

Proposal

ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY TEMPORARY TEACHING BLOCK

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Great Lever
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land South Of Freshfield Avenue Bolton BL3 3HL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 3HL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2023
Consultation expiry
5 July 2023
Consultation start
31 May 2023
Consultation end
21 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
31 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
21 June 2023
Last date for comments
5 July 2023
Target decision date
12 July 2023
Committee meeting
20 July 2023
Permission expires
21 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cushman and Wakefield
Agent address
No 1 Marsden Street Manchester M2 1HW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
5 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12145447
Documents
47
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • 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.

Source: Bolton

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