Hillcroft Dark Lane Blackrod Bolton BL6 5JL
Refused on 21 December 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A DORMER EXTENSION
- Received
- 5 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Horwich South & Blackrod
- Agent
- MacMarshalls Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation3 Oct
- TargetTarget Date9 Dec
- DecidedDecided21 Dec
Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Hillcroft Dark Lane Blackrod Bolton BL6 5JL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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
- BL6 5JL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Blackrod Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 6 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 12 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 3 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 6 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 9 December 2023
- Permission expires
- 21 December 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MacMarshalls Ltd
- Agent address
- Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 95 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 6 December 2023
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 16741/23
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12431101
- Documents
- 14
- 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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