Essa Academy Lever Edge Lane Bolton BL3 3HH

17550/24Discharge of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 7 August 2024

Council decision: Determined

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT) 4 (SHALLOW COAL MINING ACTIVITY) 5 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE) 6 (DRILLING AND GROUTING VALIDATION REPORT) ON APPLICATION 14121/22

Received: 24 January 2024
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Great Lever
Agent: Good & Tillotson Architects

ReceivedReceived24 Jan
ValidatedValidated25 Jan
Consult.Consultation15 Feb
TargetTarget Date7 Mar
DecidedDecided7 Aug

Decided in 195 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Essa Academy Lever Edge Lane Bolton BL3 3HH. Bolton has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Great Lever. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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 3HH
Application type: Discharge of Condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 January 2024
Consultation expiry: 15 February 2024
Consultation start: 25 January 2024
Consultation end: 15 February 2024
Last date for comments: 15 February 2024
Target decision date: 7 March 2024
Permission expires: 7 August 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Good & Tillotson Architects
Architect profile: GOOD & TILLOTSON LTD
Agent address: 2 The Studios 318 Chorley Old Road Bolton Greater Manchester BL1 4JU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12252491
Documents: 13
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: BoltonPart of the site
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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

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