420 Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NB
Refused on 13 September 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE AND ERECTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY/TWO STOREY BUILDING WITH REAR DORMER, BALCONY AND OUTDOOR SEATING AREA TO FRONT FOR USE AS A CAFE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND SELF CONTAINED FLAT ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS.
- Received
- 18 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
- ReceivedReceived18 Jul
- ValidatedValidated23 Nov
- Consult.Consultation19 Apr
- TargetTarget Date14 Apr
- DecidedDecided13 Sep
Decided in 295 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 420 Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NB. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 423 days, 52 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 3NB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Westhoughton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 19 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 5 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 19 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 19 April 2024
- Target decision date
- 14 April 2024
- Permission expires
- 13 September 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- GEO-NEO Uk Architectural
- Architect profile
- GEO-NEO UK LTD
- Agent address
- 7 Orchid Grove Riverside Gardens Liverpool L17 7EY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 143 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 8 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12320872
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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