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Higher House Princess Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4DR

16953/23Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 15 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT FRONT WITH JULIET BALCONIES TOGETHER WITH FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AT REAR.

Received
7 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
Agent
SMS Architecture
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Higher House Princess Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4DR. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 205 applications across Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor. 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 4DR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2023
Consultation expiry
1 November 2023
Consultation start
11 October 2023
Consultation end
1 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2023
Last date for comments
1 November 2023
Target decision date
18 November 2023
Permission expires
15 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
SMS Architecture
Architect profile
SMS ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
59 Croston Sreet Bolton BL3 4BB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12512372
Documents
9
Constraints
2

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.

© 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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