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Car Park Old School House Lea Gate Bolton BL2 3GG

18957/24Notice of Intention (Trees)Refused

Refused on 22 October 2024

Council decision: That a TPO not be madeDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

PRUNING OF 1No POPLAR TREE

Received
13 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bradshaw
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Oct
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Car Park Old School House Lea Gate Bolton BL2 3GG. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Bradshaw Chapel conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Bradshaw. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 3GG
Application type
Notice of Intention (Trees)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2024
Consultation expiry
4 October 2024
Consultation start
13 September 2024
Consultation end
4 October 2024
Last date for comments
4 October 2024
Target decision date
25 October 2024
Permission expires
22 October 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13406929
Documents
5
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bradshaw Chapel, Bolton
  • Green belt: BoltonPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Old School House, Lea Gate, Bolton, BL2 3ETRegister site at or near this address

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 (19)

flood storage 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.

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© 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.

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Source: Bolton

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