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2 Duchy Avenue Bolton BL5 1AR

21041/25Householder Application for pl. permissiRefused
Householder

Refused on 12 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION OF 6 FOOT FENCE ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY.

Received
15 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 2 Duchy Avenue Bolton BL5 1AR. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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. The fence by reason of its height, colour, material and position at the back of the pavement is detrimental to the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area and the street scene contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan and Policy OA4 of Bolton's Core Strategy.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL5 1AR
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2025
Consultation expiry
15 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
9 October 2025
Last date for comments
9 October 2025
Target decision date
29 October 2025
Permission expires
12 November 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 September 2025
Advertisement expiry
15 October 2025

Appeal history

6002090
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 February 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14328431
Documents
5
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Bolton

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