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Friends Meeting House 50 Silverwell Street Bolton BL1 1PP

18416/24Notice of Intention (Trees)Approved

Approved on 26 July 2024

Council decision: Approve without conditionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNING OF 1 NO. WILLOW, 1NO. MAPLE, 1NO. CONIFER, 1NO. BEECH HEDGE WITH SAPLING ASH.

Received
12 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Friends Meeting House 50 Silverwell Street Bolton BL1 1PP. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Churchgate conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

89% of trees 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 1PP
Application type
Notice of Intention (Trees)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2024
Consultation expiry
8 July 2024
Consultation start
17 June 2024
Consultation end
8 July 2024
Last date for comments
8 July 2024
Target decision date
24 July 2024
Permission expires
26 July 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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

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