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Thicketford House Thicketford Road Bolton BL2 2LW

95217/15Prior Notification TelecomsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 December 2015

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

NOTIFICATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS TO ROOF

Received
27 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Thicketford House Thicketford Road Bolton BL2 2LW. Bolton has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 postcode area.

84% of all 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 2LW
Application type
Prior Notification Telecoms
Scale / size
Small
District
104374

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2015
Consultation expiry
20 November 2015
Consultation end
20 November 2015
Neighbour consultation start
30 October 2015
Neighbour consultation end
20 November 2015
Last date for comments
20 November 2015
Target decision date
23 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
H T Forrest
Agent address
The Yard Dobb Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 November 2015
Site notice end
20 November 2015

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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© 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.

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