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257 Manchester Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5AZ

18948/24Householder Application for pl. permissiApproved
Householder

Approved on 30 October 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR LEAN-TO EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING LAYOUT.

Received
11 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
Agent
Craig Mitchell Architects
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Oct
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 257 Manchester Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5AZ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BL6 5AZ
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackrod Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2024
Consultation expiry
4 October 2024
Consultation start
13 September 2024
Consultation end
4 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
13 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 October 2024
Last date for comments
4 October 2024
Target decision date
23 October 2024
Permission expires
30 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Craig Mitchell Architects
Architect profile
CRAIG MITCHELL ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
29 College Drive Horwich Bolton BL6 6GH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13400970
Documents
23
Constraints
10

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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