Hollin Hey Farm Romney Road Bolton BL1 5TS
Refused on 18 August 2026
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Proposal
CONVERSION AND PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF BARN TO FORM A SINGLE DWELLING.
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Ward
- Smithills
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date5 Jan
- DecidedDecided18 Aug
Decided in 211 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Hollin Hey Farm Romney Road Bolton BL1 5TS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 274 days, 31 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Smithills. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
- BL1 5TS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Applicable
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 24 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- PRDS
- Agent address
- 4 Myrtle Street BOLTON BL1 3AH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lisa Kingsbury
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 23 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14467111
- Documents
- 29
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Bolton
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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