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Land At Lee Hall Platt Lane Bolton BL5 1BH

A/25/100044/NLANeighbouring LAApproved

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: RepliedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION CONSISTING OF (1) LAND AT LEE HALL SOUTH FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 1450 DWELLINGS (USE CLASS C3), CARE FACILITY (75 BEDS) (USE CLASS C2) RETAIL FACILITIES (USE CLASS E SUI GENERIS) A PRIMARY SCHOOL (USE CLASS F1(A)) A HEALTHCARE FACILITY (USE CLASS E(E)) A COMMUNITY FACILITY (USE CLASS E(D), F2(B) AND F2(C)) OPEN SPACE/ RECREATIONAL PROVISION, THE RE-ROUTING, UPGRADING AND EXTENSION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY NETWORK, AND THE CREATION OF NEW PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, FOOTPATHS AND TRAILS WITH ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR (IN PART) ACCESS. (2) LAND AT LEE HALL NORTH FOR THE DELIVERY OF AROUND 25,000SQM GEA OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSING FLOOR SPACE FOR USE CLASSES B2 (GENERAL INDUSTRY) B8 (STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION) E(G)(I) OFFICE TO CARRY OUT ANY OPERATIONAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS E(G)(II) THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS OR PROCESSES E(G)(III) ANY INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND SUI GENERIS (G) SCRAPYARD OR A YARD FOR THE STORAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALS OR THE BREAKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES WITH ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR (IN PART) ACCESS (3) NEW HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE (PARK AVENUE) (WITH FULL DETAILS FROM THE A58-A6 (PARK AVENUE NORTH) AND A6 - PLATT LANE (PARK AVENUE CENTRAL) WITH OUTLINE FOR THE REMAINING SECTION (PARK AVENUE SOUTH)

Received
21 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wigan Central
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 48 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Land At Lee Hall Platt Lane Bolton BL5 1BH. Wigan has handled 2,062 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Wigan Central. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BL5 1BH
Application type
Neighbouring LA
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
1450
Parish
Wigan North

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2025
Consultation expiry
12 December 2025
Consultation start
21 November 2025
Consultation end
12 December 2025
Last date for comments
12 December 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jon Corcos
Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • Registered park and garden: Hulton Park
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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: Wigan

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