Former Ivy Model Higher Barn Meadow View Bolton BL6 6GG Data via plota.co.uk

01488/26 - Householder Application for pl. permissi Deposited
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of single storey extension to detatched garage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Aug 2026
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Validated
17 Aug 2026
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Consultation
17 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Oct 2026, from Bolton's recent extensions.

The consultation period closed on 29 Sept 2026.

Documents 4

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF FULL PLANS Application Submission Details · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Bolton
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Postcode
BL6 6GG
Received
14 Aug 2026
Validated
17 Aug 2026
Ward
Horwich North
Parish
Horwich Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ronson Building Design Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 53 of the 56-day target. Bolton usually decides extensions by day 56.

Day 533 days to the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
449decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Bolton in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolton decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15157249
Planning Portal ref
PP-15157249
Neighbours
17 Aug 2026
Consultation
17 Aug 2026
Comments by
29 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Ivy Model Higher Barn Meadow View Bolton BL6 6GG
DEMOLITION OF TWO ENTRANCE STRUCTURES AND ERECTION OF A FRONT ENTRANCE EXTENSION IN ORDER…
20143/25
2021 Refused
Storage Buildings Shepherds Drive Bolton BL1 6PU
OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORAGE BUILDINGS TOGETHER WITH ERECTI…
12042/21
2020 Refused
Storage Buildings Shepherds Drive Horwich Bolton
OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORAGE BUILDINGS TOGETHER WITH THE ER…
09047/20
2020 Approved
Ivy Model Farm House Meadow View Bolton BL6 6GG
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO DETACHED GARAGE
08306/20
2020 Refused
Storage Buildings Shepherds Drive Bolton BL6 6PU
OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORAGE BUILDINGS TOGETHER WITH THE ER…
07670/20
2018 Refused
Agricultural Building At Shepherd's Drive Horwich Bolton
NOTIFICATION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL FOR PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO DW…
03657/18
2017 Approved
Ivy Model Farm House Meadow View Bolton BL6 6GG
ERECTION OF DETACHED GARAGE TO SIDE.
02452/17
2016 Refused
Agricultural Building Shepherds Drive Horwich Bolton
NOTIFICATION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL FOR PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO DW…
97857/16
2016 Refused
Agricultural Building Shepherds Drive Horwich BL6 6PU
NOTIFICATION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL FOR PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO DW…
96602/16
Bolton
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#250 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bolton is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #229 out of 296. Bolton is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bolton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
79%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #263 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #259 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #229 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #175 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
70 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
62%
Change of use approved
113 decided
996
Total decisions
208 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings