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222 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5AA

21616/25Householder Application for pl. permissiRefused
Householder

Refused on 24 March 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY FRONT/REAR EXTENSIONS AND ERECTION OF TWO STOREY FRONT/REAR AND PART SINGLE/ PART TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSIONS WITH LOFT CONVERSION INCLUDING REAR DORMER AND ROOF ALTERATIONS TO CREATE HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION, ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION, RELOCATION AND ALTERATIONS TO GARAGE TO CREATE NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS AND HARDSTANDING, INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC GATES AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS.

Received
31 December 2025
Ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
  1. Received31 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 222 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 5AA. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Chorley New Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 205 applications across Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor. We hold 1,098 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed extensions and boundary features, due to their design, height and siting, would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the street scene and would fail to conserve and enhance the character and appearance of Chorley New Road Conservation Area. The harm to the significance of the conservation area is not outweighed by public benefits. The development is thereby contrary to Policies JP-P1 and JP-P2 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan, Policy OA4 of Bolton's Core Strategy, Supplementary Planning Document "House Extensions" and paragraph 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL1 5AA
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026
Target decision date
2 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 Strawberry Bank Blackburn BB1 6AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
11 February 2026
Site notice end
11 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
38

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chorley New Road
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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