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16 Highfield Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5BP

16984/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 December 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE, SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR AND PART SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO FRONT.

Received
12 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
Agent
MDA Design
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 16 Highfield Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5BP. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. 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 5BP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackrod Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2023
Consultation expiry
7 November 2023
Consultation start
17 October 2023
Consultation end
7 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2023
Last date for comments
7 November 2023
Target decision date
3 December 2023
Permission expires
8 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MDA Design
Agent address
84 Longworth Road Horwich Bolton Lancs BL6 7BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12527163
Documents
11
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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