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17 Stapleton Avenue Bolton BL1 5ES

17874/24Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 5 June 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

ERECTION OF A SECOND STOREY FRONT EXTENSION, SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION WITH CANOPY, PART FIRST FLOOR PART TWO STOREY SIDE AND PART SINGLE PART TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO THE ROOF TO FORM HABITABLE ROOMS AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS.

Received
16 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
Agent
HAD & Co Property Consultants Ltd
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target2 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 17 Stapleton Avenue Bolton BL1 5ES. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
BL1 5ES
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2024
Consultation expiry
23 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2024
Last date for comments
23 May 2024
Target decision date
2 June 2024
Permission expires
5 June 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
HAD & Co Property Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Unit 3 Salisbury House St Stephen Street Salford M3 6AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
78 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
17 April 2024
Site notice end
23 May 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
17874/24
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3350802
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 January 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12792762
Documents
28
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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