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9 Tonge Fold Road Bolton BL2 6AW

17648/24Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 30 April 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

ERECTION OF 18 NO. APARTMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING AND LANDSCAPE WORKS FOLLOWING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS ON SITE.

Received
9 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
Neil Pike Architects
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated29 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target18 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 9 Tonge Fold Road Bolton BL2 6AW. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 6AW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
18

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 February 2024
Consultation expiry
3 April 2024
Consultation start
5 March 2024
Consultation end
26 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
29 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
21 March 2024
Last date for comments
3 April 2024
Target decision date
18 April 2024
Permission expires
30 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Neil Pike Architects
Architect profile
NEIL PIKE LIMITED
Agent address
Michigan House 17-19 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4QR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
3 April 2024
Site notice end
26 March 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
17648/24
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3354177
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 April 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12771760
Documents
53
Constraints
11

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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