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89 Stopes Road Bolton BL3 1NW

21608/25Works to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

FELLING OF 1 NO. POPLAR

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Little Lever And Darcy Lever
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 89 Stopes Road Bolton BL3 1NW. Bolton has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Little Lever And Darcy Lever. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 postcode area.

88% of trees applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BL3 1NW
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2025
Consultation expiry
14 January 2026
Consultation start
24 December 2025
Consultation end
14 January 2026
Last date for comments
14 January 2026
Target decision date
18 February 2026
Permission expires
3 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
TMC Tree Surgery
Agent address
13 Heswall Drive Walshaw Bury BL8 3BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14589067
Documents
7
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: BoltonPart of the site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Tarmac, Stopes Road, Little LeverRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    18 Jul

    FELLING OF 1 NO. ELM TREE

    ApprovedWorks to a tree with a TPO20726/25

Source: Bolton

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