18 Spa Road Bolton BL1 4AG
Approved on 5 December 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS TO THE ROOF OF BUILDING
- Received
- 10 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- Agent
- Urban Vista Planning
- ReceivedReceived10 Oct
- ValidatedValidated10 Oct
- Consult.Consultation4 Nov
- TargetTarget Date21 Nov
- DecidedDecided5 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at 18 Spa Road Bolton BL1 4AG. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
- BL1 4AG
- Application type
- PA -solar panels non domestic roofs
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 5 December 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Urban Vista Planning
- Agent address
- Archways Taplow Maidenhead SL6 0BG United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 19 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14399816
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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