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9 Wood Street Bolton BL5 3AE

21266/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Proposal

ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING.

Received
22 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton South
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 9 Wood Street Bolton BL5 3AE. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Westhoughton South. 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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Application details

Postcode
BL5 3AE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025
Consultation expiry
24 December 2025
Consultation start
2 December 2025
Consultation end
23 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 December 2025
Last date for comments
24 December 2025
Target decision date
23 January 2026
Permission expires
28 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
49 entwisle street swinton manchester M27 9SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Publicity

Site notice end
24 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14425693
Documents
20
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    29 Jan

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 4(ii) (METHODOLOGY) AND 5 (MATERIALS SCHEDULE) ON APPLICATION 21266/25

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions00143/26
  2. 2025
    22 Oct

    ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING.

    This applicationApprovedFull21266/25

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