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Goodman Fold Barn Chorley Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5LG

17387/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 May 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF TWO EXISTING STORAGE BUILDINGS TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT STORAGE BUILDING.

Received
20 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 141 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Goodman Fold Barn Chorley Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5LG. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 399 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 5LG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Blackrod Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2023
Consultation expiry
23 February 2024
Consultation start
29 December 2023
Consultation end
19 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
29 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 January 2024
Last date for comments
23 February 2024
Target decision date
4 May 2024
Permission expires
9 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
MacMarshalls
Agent address
Hamil House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH Lancashire United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
136 days

Publicity

Site notice end
23 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12668598
Documents
17
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • 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, 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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