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Halliwell Industrial Estate Rossini Street Bolton BL1 8DL

19237/24Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 8 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 25NO. STEEL STORAGE CONTAINERS

Received
1 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Halliwell
Agent
Walker Design
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Halliwell Industrial Estate Rossini Street Bolton BL1 8DL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Halliwell. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development fails to protect the amenity of neighbouring residents, by reason of noise disturbance, contrary to policy CG4 of Bolton's Core Strategy and paragraph 198 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL1 8DL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2024
Consultation expiry
6 December 2024
Consultation start
5 November 2024
Consultation end
26 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
5 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 November 2024
Last date for comments
6 December 2024
Target decision date
5 January 2025
Permission expires
8 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walker Design
Agent address
Office G22, Bolton Arena Arena Approach Horwich Bolton BL6 6LB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Publicity

Site notice end
6 December 2024

Appeal history

3363994
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 July 2025Dev Type: Minor general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13494607
Documents
7
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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