Thornleigh Salesian College Sharples Park Bolton BL1 6PQ
Approved on 1 July 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditions15 conditions
Proposal
CREATION OF CAR PARK AND INSTALLATION OF 9NO. 8M HIGH LIGHTING COLUMNS
- Received
- 29 April 2025
- Ward
- Astley Bridge
- ReceivedReceived29 Apr
- ValidatedValidated22 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided1 Jul
Decided in 313 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Thornleigh Salesian College Sharples Park Bolton BL1 6PQ. Bolton has handled 5,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 313 days, 37 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Astley Bridge. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- BL1 6PQ
- Parish
- Not Applicable
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lisa Kingsbury
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Bolton
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Conditions 5, 7 and 8 on the decision ask for this.
- 1.5 miBolton
- 6.2 miBury
- 10.7 miManchester
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