Stable Fold Farm Blackburn Road Bolton BL7 9EP Data via plota.co.uk

00406/26 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Retrospective application for the erection of equine hay store and muck heap Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Mar 2026
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Consultation
16 Mar 2026
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Validated
2 Jun 2026
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Approved
28 Jul 2026

Approved on 28 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Jul 2026

Site constraints 10

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Conservation area about 19 m away: Dunscar Fold
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; SSSI about 384 m away: Gale Clough and Shooterslee Wood SSSI; Green belt about 12 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Inside the Bolton (Bolton) built-up area; Priority habitat about 26 m away: Deciduous woodland; Flood defence about 44 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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.

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Important details

Council
Bolton
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BL7 9EP
Received
6 Mar 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Bromley Cross
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve subject to conditions
Decision date
28 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Macmarshalls Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 10 days faster than Bolton's median of 66 for full applications. Approved, as 69% of full applications here are.

39%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
5%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14746905
Planning Portal ref
PP-14746905
Neighbours
12 Jun 2026
Consultation
16 Mar 2026
Comments by
17 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
28 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