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35 Captain Lees Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3UB

17558/24Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 February 2024

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR A PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

Received
26 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey side extension at 35 Captain Lees Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3UB. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. 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.

79% of outline 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 3UB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2024
Target decision date
8 March 2024
Permission expires
20 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
harryjacksonsurveyorsltd
Agent address
Unit 4A Farnworth Park Industrial Estate Wellington Street Farnworth BL4 7BY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12733647
Documents
5
Constraints
1

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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