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Site Of Ss Osmund And Andrew RC Primary School, Withins Drive, Bolton, BL2 5LF

95194/15Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 April 2016

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

ERECTION OF 41 DWELLINGS WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS AND LANDSCAPING.

Received
23 October 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Breightmet
Agent
Sedgwick Associates
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Dec
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 171 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at SITE OF SS OSMUND AND ANDREW RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, WITHINS DRIVE, BOLTON, BL2 5LF. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 17 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 5LF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
41
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2015
Consultation expiry
14 December 2015
Consultation end
14 December 2015
Neighbour consultation start
6 November 2015
Neighbour consultation end
14 December 2015
Last date for comments
24 January 2016
Target decision date
15 April 2016
Committee meeting
18 February 2016
Application expires
24 January 2016

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Sedgwick Associates
Agent address
24 Queensbrook, Spa Road, Bolton, BL1 4AY

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Williams
Statutory period
172 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 November 2015
Advertisement expiry
14 December 2015
Site notice end
14 December 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04581032
Documents
31
Constraints
8

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2016
    11 Nov

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 19 ON APPLICATION 95194/15

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)97879/16
  2. 2015
    23 Oct

    ERECTION OF 41 DWELLINGS WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS AND LANDSCAPING.

    This applicationApprovedFull95194/15

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