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Land At The Former Horwich Loco Works Horwich Bolton BL6 6DW

21500/25Non-Material Change to Existing AppnApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 91352/14 TO AMEND THE APPROVED WORDING ON CONDITION 7 (APPROVED PLANS), CONDITION 9 (EMPLOYMENT FLOORSPACE), CONDITION 10 (MIXED USE HERITAGE), CONDITION 18 (TRAVEL PLAN), CONDITION 26 (ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT PLAN (EcMP), CONDITION 37 (RETAINED BUILDINGS), CONDITION 38 (DESIGN CODE), CONDITION 39 (DESIGN STATEMENT) AND CONDITION 42 (HERITAGE CORE BUILDINGS) AND UPDATES TO DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE USE CLASS C2 RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER UPDATES TO ENSURE CONFORMITY WITH THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (USE CLASSES) ORDER (AS AMENDED).

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
Agent
CV Planning
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land At The Former Horwich Loco Works Horwich Bolton BL6 6DW. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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
BL6 6DW
Application type
Non-Material Change to Existing Appn
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2026
Decision issued
23 December 2025
Permission expires
23 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
CV Planning
Agent address
452 Manchester Road Heaton Chapel Stockport Greater Manchester SK4 5DL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14499450
Documents
11
Constraints
1

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.

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