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28 Marlbrook Drive Bolton BL5 2LS

20728/25General Permitted Development ExtensionsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 August 2025

Council decision: GPD ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (5.50M LONG, 3.30M MAX HEIGHT, 2.60M EAVES HEIGHT).

Received
19 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton South
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 28 Marlbrook Drive Bolton BL5 2LS. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Westhoughton South. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 postcode area.

79% of outline 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
BL5 2LS
Application type
General Permitted Development Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2025
Consultation expiry
11 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 August 2025
Last date for comments
11 August 2025
Target decision date
30 August 2025
Permission expires
26 August 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
121 Park Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3DB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
9

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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