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5 Greensmith Way Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3BR

21091/25General Permitted Development ExtensionsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 November 2025

Council decision: GPD RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (5.18M LONG; 3.77M MAX HEIGHT; 2.29M EAVES HEIGHT)

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent
MDA Design Ltd
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target5 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 5 Greensmith Way Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3BR. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal is not permitted development by virtue of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A.1 (JA) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as the total enlargement (being the enlarged part together with any existing enlargement of the original dwellinghouse to which it will be joined) would exceed the limits set out in sub-paragraph (h).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL5 3BR
Application type
General Permitted Development Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
15 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 October 2025
Last date for comments
15 October 2025
Target decision date
5 November 2025
Permission expires
5 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
MDA Design Ltd
Agent address
84 Longworth Road Horwich Bolton BL6 7BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14352554
Documents
10
Constraints
14

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

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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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