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Bowstone Lodge Bowstone Hill Road Bolton BL2 4LS

20185/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 July 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

RETENTION OF TEMPORARY SITE ACCESS TO DWELLING TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS AND EXTERNAL WORKS, AND CHANGE TO DOMESTIC CURTILAGE.

Received
14 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bradshaw
Agent
Zara Moon Architects
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bowstone Lodge Bowstone Hill Road Bolton BL2 4LS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Bradshaw. We hold 826 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 4LS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2025
Consultation expiry
3 June 2025
Consultation start
13 May 2025
Consultation end
3 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 June 2025
Last date for comments
3 June 2025
Target decision date
23 July 2025
Permission expires
25 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Zara Moon Architects
Architect profile
ZARA MOON ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Unit 38 Manor Court Salesbury Hall Road Ribchester PR3 3XR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
100 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13946025
Documents
10
Constraints
2

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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