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385 St Helens Road Bolton BL3 3QD

16988/23Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 13 December 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO FRONT, PART SINGLE / PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AND DORMER TO REAR

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
Agent
SMS Architecture
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 385 St Helens Road Bolton BL3 3QD. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 3QD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2023
Consultation expiry
6 November 2023
Consultation start
16 October 2023
Consultation end
6 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2023
Last date for comments
6 November 2023
Target decision date
24 November 2023
Permission expires
13 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SMS Architecture
Architect profile
SMS ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
59 Croston Street Bolton BL3 4BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12530224
Documents
6
Constraints
7

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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