8 Waters Nook Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3HD

18956/24Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 September 2024

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

Received: 13 September 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent: H Ainsworth Design

ReceivedReceived13 Sep
ValidatedValidated13 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date25 Oct
DecidedDecided18 Sep

Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 8 Waters Nook Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3HD. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 7 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 3HD
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 September 2024
Target decision date: 25 October 2024
Permission expires: 18 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: H Ainsworth Design
Agent address: 13 Doe Hey Road Bolton BL3 2LW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13405780
Documents: 5
Constraints: 7

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.

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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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