88 Melbourne Road Bolton BL3 5RW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of existing detached garage together with the erection of a two storey side and rear extension, installation of an external staircase with balustrade to the rear, and erection of a single storey front extension Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 31 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 3
Plans & drawings 7
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
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 £125,000 in May 2007. Semi-detached house, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2013, 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
- Householder Application for pl. permissi
- Postcode
- BL3 5RW
- Received
- 29 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 6 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Rumworth
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 31 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 31 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6009037 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 84 days from validation, 28 days slower than Bolton's median of 56 for demolitions. Refused, as 24% of demolitions here are.
Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Bolton in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolton decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14582877
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14582877
- Neighbours
- 6 Jan 2026
- Consultation
- 6 May 2026
- Comments by
- 27 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
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.
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