The Tavern On The Hill 761 Wigan Road Bolton BL3 4RH Data via plota.co.uk

01880/26 - Full Planning Permission Deposited

Proposal

Demolition of public house/restaurant together with erection of petrol filling station and drive-thru coffee shop comprising of EV charging points and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:11

Application progress

✓

Received

19 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

22 Oct 2026

✓

Consultation

22 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 17 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 26 Dec 2026 and 17 Jan 2027, from Bolton's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

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Documents 32

Statements & assessments 14

Plans & drawings 13

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Green belt about 16 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Inside the Hunger Hill (Bolton) built-up area; Air quality management area about 88 m away: Bolton AQMA; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 23 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: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: BL3 4RH
Received: 19 Oct 2026
Validated: 22 Oct 2026
Ward: Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Dec 2026
Agent: Wignalls Chartered Surveyors

Decision outlook

Day 6 of the 56-day target. Bolton usually decides commercial and major works by day 80.

prediction

Day 674 days to the predicted decision (day 80)

32%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

29decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Bolton in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolton decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15235151
Planning Portal ref: PP-15235151
Neighbours: 22 Oct 2026
Consultation: 22 Oct 2026
Comments by: 12 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

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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