Land North Of 659 Radcliffe Road Radcliffe Road Bolton BL3 1AN Data via plota.co.uk

00024/26 - Non-Material Change to Existing Appn Approved

Proposal

Non-material amendment to application to allow for minor amendments to the site layout and to amend the wording of condition 6 (tree protection), condition 11 (highways works), condition 13 (coal remediation), condition 14 (materials), condition 16 (vehicular access), condition 17 (closing of vehicular access), condition 18 (footways/carriageway), condition 19 (parking), condition 23 (boundary treatment), condition 26 (aia/ams), condition 28 (bng), condition 30 (reasonable avoidance measures), condition 31 (pumping station) and condition 33 (approved plans). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:51

Application progress

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Received

7 Jan 2026

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Validated

16 Jan 2026

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Approved

1 Apr 2026

Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 22

Associated applications 10

Part of

Full15 Jan 2024council archive

Conditions 4, 10, 11, 15, 20, 22, 32 awaiting decision · 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 21, 23, 25, 31 decided (outcome not recorded) · 6, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 28, 30, 33 varied
- AmendmentNon-material amendment to application 17490/24 to allow for minor amendments to the site…This application16 Jan 202600024/26
- Show 8 more · 1 approved, 2 pending, 5 decided
  - ConditionsDISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 4 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SCHEME), 11 (HIGHWAY WORKS), 20 (TRAFFIC…16 Oct 202601864/26
  - ConditionsDISCHARGE OF CONDITION 25 (ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKS) ON APPLICATION 17490/24.21 May 202600926/26
  - ConditionsDISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 4 (SURFACE WATER), 7 (CEMP), 8 (LEMP), 14 (MATERIALS), 21 (BIRD…20 Apr 202600721/26
  - ConditionsDISCHARGE OF CONDITION 10 (BIODIVERSITY) AND CONDITION 15 (ATTENUATION BASIN/ECOLOGICAL…6 Jan 202600015/26
  - ConditionsDISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (SITE INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION STRATEGY) ON APPLICATION 17490/24…5 Jan 202621603/25
  - ConditionsDISCHARGE OF CONDITION 32 (TRAVEL PLAN) ON APPLICATION 17490/24 (AS AMENDED BY NMA APPLICATION…9 Dec 202521532/25
  - ConditionsDISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 8 (LEMP), 9 (HMMP), 10 (CEMP- BIODIVERSITY), 12 (INVASIVE SPECIES), 15…7 Oct 202521169/25
  - Amendment31 Mar 2025archive

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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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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 1

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 2; Local nature reserve about 401 m away: Moses Gate; 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: Non-Material Change to Existing Appn
Postcode: BL3 1AN
Received: 7 Jan 2026
Validated: 16 Jan 2026
Ward: Little Lever And Darcy Lever
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Feb 2026
Decision: Approve subject to conditions
Decision date: 1 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14605324
Planning Portal ref: PP-14605324
Statutory expiry: 13 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 2 (AFFORDABLE HOUSING), 3 (CONTAMINATED LAND), 4 (SURFACE WATER D…

20518/25 3 Mar 2026

2025 Approved

DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (SITE INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION STRATEGY) ON APPLICATION 174…

21603/25 3 Mar 2026

2025 Approved

DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 32 (TRAVEL PLAN) ON APPLICATION 17490/24 (AS AMENDED BY NMA APPLIC…

21532/25 27 Jan 2026

2025 Approved

DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 8 (LEMP), 9 (HMMP), 10 (CEMP- BIODIVERSITY), 12 (INVASIVE SPECIES…

21169/25 19 Dec 2025

2025 Approved

NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 17490/24 (TO AMEND CONDITIONS 6,11,13,14,16,17,18,1…

20104/25 9 Sep 2025

2024

ERECTION OF 137 AFFORDABLE DWELLINGS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A VEHICULAR ACCESS AND A…

17490/24 15 Jan 2024

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2021 Approved

743 RADCLIFFE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 1AN

DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6 (MATERIALS) AND 11 (BAT ROOSTING) ON APPLICATION 07131/19

12497/21 9 Dec 2021

2021 Approved

659 Radcliffe Road Bolton BL3 1AN

REAR SINGLE STOREY INFILL EXTENSION AND RAISING ROOF HEIGHT WITH ERECTION OF DORMER AT RE…

10230/21 9 Apr 2021

2020 Approved

659 Radcliffe Road Bolton BL3 1AN

PROPOSED ROOF ALTERATION WITH REAR DORMER AND LOFT CONVERSION.

08980/20 21 Sep 2020

2016 Approved

743 RADCLIFFE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 1AN

ERECTION OF TWO DWELLINGS.

95698/16 11 Mar 2016

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

Land North Of 659 Radcliffe Road Radcliffe Road Bolton BL3 1AN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 22

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 4

Plans & drawings 6

Application forms 1

Other documents 9

Associated applications 10

Site constraints 6

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Consultation & key dates

Previous applications at this address

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