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Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton Bolton BL6 5UE

19978/25Variation of ConditionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 1 (APPROVED PLANS), 3 (PARKING), 4 (ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS), 5 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT) AND 8 (WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY) ON APPLICATION 17975/24

Received
17 March 2025
Decision due
5 May 2025
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 21 May.

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About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton Bolton BL6 5UE. Bolton has handled 467 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 March 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Horwich Locomotive Works conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
BL6 5UE
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2025
Consultation expiry
21 May 2025
Last date for comments
21 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 April 2025
Advertisement expiry
21 May 2025
Site notice end
16 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13845261
Documents
15
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Horwich Locomotive WorksPart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Horwich Locomotive Works, BoltonPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Land At Former Horwich Loco Works, Horwich, BoltonRegister 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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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