Ormstons Farm Wingates Lane Bolton BL5 3LT
Approved on 7 November 2025
Council decision: Approve without conditionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
APPLICATION FOR THE PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND THE ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING.
- Received
- 1 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
- Agent
- MacMarshalls Limited
- ReceivedReceived1 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Oct
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Ormstons Farm Wingates Lane Bolton BL5 3LT. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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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Application details
- Postcode
- BL5 3LT
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westhoughton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 November 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MacMarshalls Limited
- Agent address
- Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 4 November 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: Bolton
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Bolton
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