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Equestrian Facility At Holdens Farm Cox Green Road Bolton BL7 9RA

21468/25Permission in PrincipleApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: Approve without conditionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EQUESTRIAN BUILDING AND ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING.

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley Cross
Agent
MacMarshalls Ltd
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Equestrian Facility At Holdens Farm Cox Green Road Bolton BL7 9RA. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bromley Cross. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 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
BL7 9RA
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
28 November 2025
Consultation end
19 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2025
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
6 February 2026
Permission expires
11 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
MacMarshalls Ltd
Agent address
Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH

Planning decision

Case officer
Lisa Kingsbury
Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
31 December 2025
Site notice end
5 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Bolton
  • SSSI: West Pennine Moors SSSIPart of the site

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, 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, 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

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© 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
    11 Jun

    TECHNICAL DETAILS APPLICATION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EQUESTRIAN BUILDING AND ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING…

    PendingFull Planning PermissionRelated01074/26
  2. 2025
    28 Nov

    APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EQUESTRIAN BUILDING AND ERECTION OF 1…

    This applicationApprovedOutline21468/25

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