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553 Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9RT

20979/25Notice of Intention (Trees)Refused

Refused on 2 October 2025

Council decision: That a TPO not be madeDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

NOTICE OF INTENTION - FELLING OF 1NO. COPPER BEECH, 1NO. ASH- PRUNING OF 1NO. BEECH

Received
10 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley Cross
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target22 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 553 Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9RT. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Dunscar Fold conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bromley Cross. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 postcode area.

88% of trees 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
BL7 9RT
Application type
Notice of Intention (Trees)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2025
Consultation expiry
3 October 2025
Consultation start
12 September 2025
Consultation end
3 October 2025
Last date for comments
3 October 2025
Target decision date
22 October 2025
Permission expires
2 October 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13986328
Documents
4
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dunscar Fold
  • 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

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© 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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