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Spa Road Playing Fields, Queens Park, Spa Road, Bolton BL1 4SL

91511/14Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 April 2014

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

LAYING OUT OF MULTI-USE GAMES AREA INCLUDING MODULAR CHANGING ROOMS, 3M HIGH SPORTS MESH STEEL PANEL FENCE AND NEW FOOTPATH.

Received
13 February 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Halliwell
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at SPA ROAD PLAYING FIELDS, QUEENS PARK, SPA ROAD, BOLTON BL1 4SL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Halliwell. We hold 1,099 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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Application details

Postcode
BL1 4SL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2014
Consultation expiry
13 March 2014
Consultation end
13 March 2014
Neighbour consultation start
20 February 2014
Neighbour consultation end
13 March 2014
Last date for comments
9 April 2014
Application expires
9 April 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bolton M B Council
Agent address
Landscape Development & Design, Neighbourhood Services, Environmental Services, Ellesmere House, Mayor Street Depot, Bolton, BL3 5DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2014
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2014
Site notice end
13 March 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03190752
Documents
11
Constraints
12

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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