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292 Highfield Road, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 0PG

95744/16Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 May 2016

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR.

Received
28 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harper Green
Agent
Corporate Property Services
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 292 HIGHFIELD ROAD, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 0PG. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 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
28 January 2016
Consultation expiry
1 March 2016
Consultation end
1 March 2016
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2016
Neighbour consultation end
1 March 2016
Last date for comments
23 March 2016
Application expires
23 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Corporate Property Services
Agent address
Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 March 2016
Site notice end
1 March 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04788947
Documents
11
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.

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