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Apartment 5 5 - 14 Thurlwood Croft Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3RF

17291/23Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 25 January 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

PART A: FELLING OF 1 NO.ASH, 1 NO. WILLOW AND 1 NO. HAWTHORN. PART B: PRUNING OF VARIOUS TREES

Received
2 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent
AHG landscapes ltd
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Apartment 5 5 - 14 Thurlwood Croft Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3RF. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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
BL5 3RF
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2023
Consultation expiry
29 January 2024
Consultation start
8 January 2024
Consultation end
29 January 2024
Last date for comments
29 January 2024
Target decision date
27 January 2024
Decision issued
30 January 2024
Permission expires
30 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
AHG landscapes ltd
Agent address
9 Maple Grove Saltney Ch48tj United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12647979
Documents
4
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Derelict Pockets Snooker Club, Market Street, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3AZRegister 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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