Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Off Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY

16776/23Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 17 January 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee

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

VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 22 and 26 ON APPLICATION 04766/18 TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT WITH ALTERNATIVE ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS.

Received: 9 September 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent: Johnson Mowat Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived9 Sep
ValidatedValidated15 Sep
Consult.Consultation10 Nov
TargetTarget Date14 Jan
DecidedDecided17 Jan

Decided in 124 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Off Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 11 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 3LY
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 10 November 2023
Consultation start: 31 October 2023
Consultation end: 10 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 2 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 23 October 2023
Last date for comments: 10 November 2023
Target decision date: 14 January 2024
Committee meeting: 7 December 2023
Permission expires: 17 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Johnson Mowat Planning Ltd
Agent address: Coronet House Queen Street Leeds LS1 2TW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 121 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 5 October 2023
Advertisement expiry: 1 November 2023
Site notice end: 10 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12428942
Documents: 79
Constraints: 35

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.

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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2026
12 Jun
INSTALLATION OF 4 NO. POST MOUNTED SIGNS
ApprovedAdvertisement consent01078/26

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