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26 Ploughfields Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LG

17880/24General Permitted Development ExtensionsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 April 2024

Council decision: GPD Conditional Approval (No Objections)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.40M LONG; 3.60M MAX HEIGHT; 2.35M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
17 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 26 Ploughfields Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LG. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 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 3LG
Application type
General Permitted Development Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2024
Consultation expiry
8 April 2024
Consultation start
18 March 2024
Consultation end
8 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2024
Last date for comments
8 April 2024
Target decision date
28 April 2024
Permission expires
26 April 2029

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12868879
Documents
5
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: BoltonNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: 96,106 & Paddock, Chorley Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3PLRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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