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38 Smethurst Lane, Bolton, BL3 3QE

90189/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 September 2013

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

Received
21 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 38 SMETHURST LANE, BOLTON, BL3 3QE. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 1,691 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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Application details

Postcode
BL3 3QE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2013
Consultation expiry
25 July 2013
Consultation end
25 July 2013
Neighbour consultation start
4 July 2013
Neighbour consultation end
25 July 2013
Last date for comments
15 August 2013
Application expires
15 August 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 July 2013
Site notice end
25 July 2013

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
1

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    18 Aug

    RETENTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR

    ApprovedFull Planning Application92592/14

Source: Bolton

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