Smithills High School Smithills Dean Road Bolton BL1 6JS
Approved on 29 May 2025
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee
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Proposal
ERECTION OF 1NO. SINGLE STOREY MODULAR BUILDING WITHIN EXISTING SITE CAR PARK, RELOCATION OF 47NO. CAR PARKING SPACES AND ERECTION OF FENCING AND ACCESS GATES
- Received
- 21 March 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Smithills
- Agent
- Good and Tillotson Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived21 Mar
- ValidatedValidated21 Mar
- Consult.Consultation23 Apr
- TargetTarget Date24 May
- DecidedDecided29 May
Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Smithills High School Smithills Dean Road Bolton BL1 6JS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Smithills. 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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Application details
- Postcode
- BL1 6JS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 April 2025
- Last date for comments
- 28 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 May 2025
- Committee meeting
- 22 May 2025
- Permission expires
- 29 May 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Good and Tillotson Ltd.
- Architect profile
- GOOD & TILLOTSON LTD
- Agent address
- 2 The Studios 318 Chorley Old Road Bolton BL1 4JU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 64 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 28 May 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13854189
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Bolton
- Ancient woodlandPart of the site
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.
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