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25 Ashdown Drive Bolton BL2 3AX

19703/25Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 11 February 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRUNING OF 1 NO. SYCAMORE

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 Ashdown Drive Bolton BL2 3AX. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 7 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 postcode area.

89% 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 3AX
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2025
Consultation expiry
25 February 2025
Consultation start
4 February 2025
Consultation end
25 February 2025
Last date for comments
25 February 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025
Permission expires
11 February 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arbworks
Agent address
unit 9, Victoria Works Oakenbottom rd Bolton BL26DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13746066
Documents
4
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Firwood FoldNext to the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 5, Firwood FoldOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Brownfield land register: Firwood SchoolRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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 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.

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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