The New Barn Top O Th Knotts Farm Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4LL Data via plota.co.uk

00502/26 - Householder Application for pl. permissi Approved

Proposal

Erection of single storey detached outbuilding with decking to front. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:50

Application progress

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Received

19 Mar 2026

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Validated

26 Mar 2026

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Consultation

27 Mar 2026

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Approved

21 May 2026

Approved on 21 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Associated applications 2

HouseholderApproved21 May 202600502/26This application
Erection of single storey detached outbuilding with decking to front.
- AmendmentNON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 00502/26 TO AMEND CLADDING ON SOUTHERN ELEVATION TO SAND…27 Jul 202601381/26

Site constraints 4

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.

Riding Gate conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.

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 Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Not affected

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

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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: BL2 4LL
Received: 19 Mar 2026
Validated: 26 Mar 2026
Ward: Bradshaw
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 May 2026
Decision: Approve subject to conditions
Decision date: 21 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: KG Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 80% of extensions here are.

This one56d

Council55d

UK54d

71%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

348decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14788921
Neighbours: 27 Mar 2026
Consultation: 27 Mar 2026
Comments by: 17 Apr 2026
Site or press notice: 26 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved

ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED OUTBUILDING WITH A PAVED ACCESS TO THE FRONT

11116/21 15 Jun 2021

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

Top O TH Knotts Cottage Top O TH Knotts Farm Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4LL

NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 93604/15 (FROM HARDWOOD TO COATED WOOD EFFECT ALUMI…

02378/17 20 Dec 2017

2017 Approved

Oak Cottage Top O TH Knotts Farm Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4LL

ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR TO FORM AN ORANGERY

00788/17 15 Jun 2017

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