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Morston Point Manchester Road Bolton Greater Manchester BL2 1HA

16828/23Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 22 January 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRUNING OF 1NO. MAPLE AND VARIOUS LIMES AND ACACIAS

Received
19 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
Ken Linford Gardencare Ltd
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Morston Point Manchester Road Bolton Greater Manchester BL2 1HA. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 postcode area.

88% of trees 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
BL2 1HA
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2023
Target decision date
14 November 2023
Decision issued
23 January 2024
Permission expires
23 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ken Linford Gardencare Ltd
Agent address
Riverside View Nurseries Ulnes Walton Lane Leyland Preston PR26 8LT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12468122
Documents
4
Constraints
9

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

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© 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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