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Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate, Chorley Road, Westhoughton BL5 3LY

21290/25Non-Material Change to Existing AppnApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: Approve without conditionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 18989/24 FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE SUBSTATION BUILDING AND ALTERATIONS TO THE COLOUR OF THE FENCING TO PRIMARY SUBSTATION AND FOUL WATER PUMPING STATION

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning Ltd
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate, Chorley Road, Westhoughton BL5 3LY. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. 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.

75% of amendment 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 3LY
Application type
Non-Material Change to Existing Appn
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Target decision date
8 December 2025
Permission expires
23 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning Ltd
Agent address
Coronet House Queen Street Leeds Yorkshire LS1 2TW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14412328
Documents
8
Constraints
40

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.

Source: Bolton

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