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674 Manchester Road Bolton BL6 5RU

19704/25Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OUTBUILDINGS TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF REAR EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING WAREHOUSE

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
Agent
MWT Planning Limited
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 674 Manchester Road Bolton BL6 5RU. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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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Application details

Postcode
BL6 5RU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackrod Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2025
Consultation expiry
29 April 2025
Consultation start
11 March 2025
Consultation end
1 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2025
Last date for comments
29 April 2025
Target decision date
22 April 2025
Permission expires
2 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
MWT Planning Limited
Agent address
Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
29 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13608657
Documents
8
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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