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171 Church Road Bolton BL1 6HH

21615/25Householder Application for pl. permissiApproved
Householder

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

ERECTION OF TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH EXTERNAL STAIR CASE AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE.

Received
30 December 2025
Ward
Smithills
Agent
ADA PLANS AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
  1. Received30 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 171 Church Road Bolton BL1 6HH. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 6HH
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
12 February 2026
Consultation start
22 January 2026
Consultation end
12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026
Committee meeting
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ADA PLANS AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Architect profile
ADA PLANS AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Agent address
20 Glenburn Street Bolton BL3 3DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14117308
Documents
11
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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