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Greenacres Cottage 14 Towncroft Lane Bolton BL1 5EW

20512/25Householder Application for pl. permissiApproved
Householder

Approved on 7 August 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

INSTALLATION OF 3 NO. WINDOWS AND REPLACEMENT OF FLAT ROOF TO HIPPED PITCHED ROOF TO REAR AND RENDERING OF DWELLING

Received
13 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
Agent
cw contractors ltd
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Greenacres Cottage 14 Towncroft Lane Bolton BL1 5EW. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5EW
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2025
Consultation expiry
17 July 2025
Consultation start
26 June 2025
Consultation end
17 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
26 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 July 2025
Last date for comments
17 July 2025
Target decision date
6 August 2025
Permission expires
7 August 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
cw contractors ltd
Agent address
1 heather lea drive brinscall chorley chorley PR68PH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14049544
Documents
7
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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.

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