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4 Ellesmere Gardens Bolton BL3 3GW

97305/16Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 November 2016

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

SUBSTITUTION OF HOUSE TYPE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED APPLICATION 95308/15 TO INCLUDE FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO FRONT TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO WINDOWS.

Received
29 August 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
SMS Architecture
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 4 Ellesmere Gardens Bolton BL3 3GW. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 3GW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
District
141190

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2016
Consultation expiry
25 November 2016
Consultation end
25 November 2016
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2016
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2016
Last date for comments
25 November 2016
Target decision date
28 November 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
SMS Architecture
Architect profile
SMS ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
59 Croston Street Bolton BL3 4BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 November 2016
Site notice end
25 November 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05443649
Documents
6
Constraints
10

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

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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