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Elm Bank Victoria Road Bolton BL1 5AY

20401/25Householder Application for pl. permissiApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 July 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

2 STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING WORKS AND MINOR CHANGES TO EXISTING FACADE FINISHES

Received
23 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
Agent
msa Architects
  1. Received23 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at Elm Bank Victoria Road Bolton BL1 5AY. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Chorley New Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 205 applications across Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor. 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 5AY
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2025
Consultation expiry
30 June 2025
Consultation start
2 June 2025
Consultation end
23 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 June 2025
Last date for comments
30 June 2025
Target decision date
4 July 2025
Permission expires
17 July 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
msa Architects
Agent address
89 High Street Newton le Willows WA12 9SL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 June 2025
Advertisement expiry
25 June 2025
Site notice end
30 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14031021
Documents
12
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chorley New Road
  • 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Nov

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 20401/25

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendment01995/26
  2. 2025
    23 May

    2 STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING WORKS AND MINOR CHANGES TO EXISTING FACADE FINISHES

    This applicationApprovedFull20401/25

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