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St Elizabeths Church Cedar Avenue Horwich Bolton BL6 6HT

16816/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 December 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CREATION OF NEW ACCESS AND SITE WORKS TO FORM LEVEL ACCESS TO ST ELIZABETHS CHURCH

Received
15 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich North
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Elizabeths Church Cedar Avenue Horwich Bolton BL6 6HT. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Horwich North. 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 6HT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Horwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2023
Consultation expiry
22 November 2023
Consultation start
28 September 2023
Consultation end
19 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
28 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 October 2023
Last date for comments
22 November 2023
Target decision date
3 December 2023
Permission expires
7 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Buttress
Architect profile
BUTTRESS LIMITED
Agent address
Buttress Architects 41 Bengal Street Manchester M4 6AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Publicity

Site notice end
22 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12461180
Documents
13
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Swallowfield Hotel and Brazley SiteRegister 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 (21)

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 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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