The Wellsprings Howell Croft South Bolton BL1 1SB
Approved on 1 September 2025
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
SITING OF NO. 3 SIGNS.
- Received
- 4 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- ReceivedReceived4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation25 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided1 Sep
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at The Wellsprings Howell Croft South Bolton BL1 1SB. Bolton has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Hall conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.
83% of advertising 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 1SB
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 1 September 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Northlight
- Agent address
- 16 Northlight Estates Nelson BB9 5EG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 August 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 August 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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