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Ormstons Farm Wingates Lane Bolton BL5 3LT

21617/25PA COU agriculture to flexible commerciaApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Reguired Granted Subj ConDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF 3 NO. EXISTING AGRICULTURAL UNITS INTO STORAGE

Received
31 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
  1. Received31 Dec
  2. Validated31 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Ormstons Farm Wingates Lane Bolton BL5 3LT. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 postcode area.

79% of outline 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
BL5 3LT
Application type
PA COU agriculture to flexible commercia
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 December 2025
Consultation expiry
17 February 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
17 February 2026
Last date for comments
17 February 2026
Target decision date
11 February 2026
Decision published
9 March 2026
Permission expires
25 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Macmarshalls
Agent address
Macmarshalls,112A-116 Hamill House Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
29 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14578261
Documents
6
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Bolton

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, 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, 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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