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Gmw Mental Health Hospital Trust Royal Bolton Hospital Minerva Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JR

16259/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 January 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

ALTERATIONS TO MAIN ENTRANCE OF BUILDING INCLUDING REMOVAL OF EXISTING CANOPY AND SUPPORTING WALL, RE-CLADDING OF EXISTING FACADE TOGETHER WITH THE INSTALLATION OF NEW ENTRANCE DOORS, GLAZED CANOPY AND BIN STORE ENCLOSURE TO REAR.

Received
23 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth North
Agent
Gilling Dod Architects
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Gmw Mental Health Hospital Trust Royal Bolton Hospital Minerva Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JR. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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
BL4 0JR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2023
Consultation expiry
9 January 2024
Consultation start
19 December 2023
Consultation end
9 January 2024
Last date for comments
9 January 2024
Target decision date
31 December 2023
Permission expires
5 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gilling Dod Architects
Architect profile
GILLING DOD LIMITED
Agent address
The Cruck Barn Duxbury Park Chorley PR7 4AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
66 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12213908
Documents
13
Constraints
12

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.

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