888 Plodder Lane Bolton BL5 1AJ Data via plota.co.uk

00916/26 - Works to a tree with a TPO Approved

Proposal

Pruning of 1 no. birch Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 May 2026
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Validated
20 May 2026
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Consultation
20 May 2026
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Approved
25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

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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Public footpath about 22 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Recorded mine shaft about 40 m from the postcode pin
Reference 369406-014. Building over or close to a mine entry should be avoided, even once it is capped.
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; Inside the Bolton (Bolton) built-up area; 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £800,000 in November 2025. Other property, freehold.

7 November 2025£800,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area284 m² (3,057 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (56 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 10 habitable rooms
Built1930 to 1949
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Bolton
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Postcode
BL5 1AJ
Received
19 May 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Hulton
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve subject to conditions
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 15 days faster than Bolton's median of 51 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

64%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
170decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14948922
Planning Portal ref
PP-14948922
Consultation
20 May 2026
Comments by
10 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Jul 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
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.