7 Ainsworth Square Bolton BL1 3HQ

18651/24Notice of Intention (Trees)Approved

Approved on 28 August 2024

Council decision: Approve without conditionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FELLING OF 1No. CONIFER TREE

Received: 19 July 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Halliwell
Agent: Onward Homes

ReceivedReceived19 Jul
ValidatedValidated19 Jul
Consult.Consultation14 Aug
TargetTarget Date30 Aug
DecidedDecided28 Aug

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Ainsworth Square Bolton BL1 3HQ. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the St Pauls conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

88% 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 3HQ
Application type: Notice of Intention (Trees)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 July 2024
Consultation expiry: 14 August 2024
Consultation start: 24 July 2024
Consultation end: 14 August 2024
Last date for comments: 14 August 2024
Target decision date: 30 August 2024
Permission expires: 28 August 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Onward Homes
Agent address: 405 Tower Street Liverpool L3 4BL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13261623
Documents: 4
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Saint Paul's Halliwell
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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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© 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.

Source: Bolton

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