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Brierfields 721 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 7JJ

19240/24Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 30 July 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

FELLING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE, PRUNING OF 1 NO. OAK.

Received
4 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Astley Bridge
Agent
Murray Tree Consultancy
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 268 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Brierfields 721 Blackburn Road Bolton BL1 7JJ. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 268 days, 30 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Astley Bridge. 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 7JJ
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2024
Consultation expiry
4 August 2025
Consultation start
14 July 2025
Consultation end
4 August 2025
Last date for comments
4 August 2025
Target decision date
30 December 2024
Permission expires
30 July 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Murray Tree Consultancy
Agent address
Hyde Park House Cartwright Street HYDE SK14 4EH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13534505
Documents
3
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, conservation areas, 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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