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4 Lostock Hall Fold Bolton BL6 4AD

20844/25Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 4 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK AND TEMPORARY ROAD ACCESS.

Received
8 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 173 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 4 Lostock Hall Fold Bolton BL6 4AD. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 18 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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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Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information has been provided by the applicant with regard to: i) the biodiversity net gain requirements of Policy JP-G8 of Places for Everyone and Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, or that it would be exempt from those requirements; and ii) tree mitigation information and landscape scheme to comply with the requirements of policy JP-G7 of Places for Everyone.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL6 4AD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2025
Consultation expiry
9 September 2025
Consultation start
15 August 2025
Consultation end
5 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
15 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 September 2025
Last date for comments
9 September 2025
Target decision date
26 September 2025
Permission expires
4 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gateley Smithers Purslow
Agent address
Glaston Hall Spring Lane Glaston Oakham LE15 9BZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
9 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14240918
Documents
20
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Mar

    INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK AND TEMPORARY ROAD ACCESS.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission00566/26

Source: Bolton

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