Land West Of Wingates Industrial Estate Off Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY Data via plota.co.uk

01165/26 - Discharge of Condition Decided
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 30 (ground condition/contamination) and 31 (ground condition/contamination) on application Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
24 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
25 Jun 2026
✓
Determined
2 Sept 2026

Determined on 2 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice - DECNDZ Decision · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS Application Submission Details · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF SITE DIARIES Application Submission Details · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE COMPLETION REPORT Application Submission Details · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF LANDFILL DELINEATION AND REMOVAL VALIDATION REPORT Application Submission Details · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Application Submission Details · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF VERIFICATION REPORT Application Submission Details · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 4

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. A site survey can differ.
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.
Public footpath about 20 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 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
Discharge of Condition
Postcode
BL5 3LY
Received
24 Jun 2026
Validated
24 Jun 2026
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Aug 2026
Decision
Determined
Decision date
2 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Johnson Mowat Planning

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14969378
Planning Portal ref
PP-14969378
Consultation
25 Jun 2026
Comments by
16 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Aug 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
NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 16776/23 IN RELATION TO THE FLOORSPACE ALLOWANCES A…
21320/25
2025 Approved
PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 14 (CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (BUILDING)) AN…
20045/25
2025 Approved
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 15 (EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS STATEMENT (BUILDING)) AND 35 (EMPLOYMEN…
20205/25
2024 Approved
FULL DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 8 (SITE WIDE DRAINAGE), 23 (TREE PROTECTION MEASURES), 26 (L…
18990/24
2024 Withdrawn
FULL DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 32 (SOIL MANAGEMENT PLAN) AND 36 (REASONABLE AVOIDANCE MEASU…
18238/24
2024 Withdrawn
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 8 (SITE WIDE DRAINAGE) ON APPLICATION 16776/23
18218/24
2023 Approved
VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 22 and 26 ON APPLICATION 04766/18 TO FACILITATE T…
16776/23
2023 Withdrawn
VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 22 AND 26 ON APPLICATION 04766/18 TO FACILITATE T…
A/23/96146/NLA
2018 Approved
PART A : OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR STRATEGIC EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL (CLASS B…
04766/18
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved
Reeves House Farm Chorley Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3LY
CHANGE OF USE OF LAND FOR THE STORAGE OF MOTOR HOMES AND CARAVANS
97172/16
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings