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88 Melbourne Road Bolton BL3 5RW

21612/25Householder Application for pl. permissiRefused
Householder

Refused on 31 March 2026

1 reason for refusal

Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION, INSTALLATION OF AN EXTERNAL STAIRCASE WITH BALUSTRADE TO THE REAR, AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION

Received
29 December 2025
Ward
Rumworth
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 88 Melbourne Road Bolton BL3 5RW. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rumworth. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 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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Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information has been provided by the Applicant in relation to the impact of the development on nearby trees (Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Method Statement) to enable the proposal to be properly judged against Policy JP-G7 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL3 5RW
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 January 2026
Consultation start
6 January 2026
Consultation end
27 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 January 2026
Last date for comments
27 January 2026
Target decision date
13 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Lonsdale Street M40 2FT

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Appeal history

6009037
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 July 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14582877
Documents
12
Constraints
10

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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