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Land At Plodder Lane, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 0LE

91244/13Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 March 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

ERECTION OF 15M HIGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COLUMN WITH ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT CABINETS (FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF EXISTING 13.8M HIGH COLUMN)

Received
24 December 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hulton
Agent
Clarke Telecom Ltd.
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at LAND AT PLODDER LANE, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 0LE. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. 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 0LE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2013
Consultation expiry
29 January 2014
Consultation end
29 January 2014
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2014
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2014
Last date for comments
17 February 2014
Committee meeting
6 March 2014
Decision issued
7 March 2014
Application expires
17 February 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Clarke Telecom Ltd.
Agent address
Partington House, Stock Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 January 2014
Advertisement expiry
29 January 2014
Site notice end
29 January 2014

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
5

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.

Source: Bolton

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