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16 Ploughfields Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LG

16600/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 October 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR

Received
12 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 16 Ploughfields Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LG. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 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 3LG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2023
Consultation expiry
16 October 2023
Consultation start
15 August 2023
Consultation end
5 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
15 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 September 2023
Last date for comments
16 October 2023
Target decision date
26 October 2023
Permission expires
26 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
75 days

Publicity

Site notice end
16 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12383665
Documents
16
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: BoltonNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: 96,106 & Paddock, Chorley Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3PLRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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