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Wilfred Geere House, Highfield Road, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 0PG

91072/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 February 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FORMATION OF CAR PARK, AMBULANCE BAY AND ACCESS ROAD

Received
20 November 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harper Green
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at WILFRED GEERE HOUSE, HIGHFIELD ROAD, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 0PG. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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
BL4 0PG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2013
Consultation expiry
17 December 2013
Consultation end
17 December 2013
Neighbour consultation start
26 November 2013
Neighbour consultation end
17 December 2013
Last date for comments
14 January 2014
Application expires
14 January 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Good & Tillotson
Architect profile
GOOD & TILLOTSON LTD
Agent address
2 The Studios, 318 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL1 4JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 December 2013
Site notice end
17 December 2013

Additional information

Documents
12
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

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© 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. 2017
    15 Nov

    DISPLAY OF 1NO. ILLUMINATED DIRECTIONAL SIGN TO FRONT ELEVATION.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent02330/17

Source: Bolton

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