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21506/25 - Outline Planning Permission Deposited

Proposal

Outline application for the erection of up to 86 residential dwellings, public open space and associated works with all matters reserved apart for means of access from kiln field. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
4 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
8 Dec 2025
✓
Consultation
15 Jan 2026
✓
Appeal allowed
25 Feb 2026
Decision
Target date was 29 May 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 324.

The consultation period closed on 11 Feb 2026.

Documents 40

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Public footpath about 15 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Conservation area about 46 m away: Dunscar Fold; Coalfield, development low risk area; Green belt about 16 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Inside the Bolton (Bolton) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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
Outline Planning Permission
Received
4 Dec 2025
Validated
8 Dec 2025
Ward
Bromley Cross
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 May 2026
Appeal
Allowed · 25 Feb 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6001737 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Pinnacle Planning

Decision outlook

Day 324, past the statutory target. 76% of outline applications in Bolton are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Oct 2026.

Day 324233 days past the 91-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
48%approved
8%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

73 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14409888
Planning Portal ref
PP-14409888
Neighbours
17 Dec 2025
Consultation
15 Jan 2026
Comments by
11 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
15 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bolton
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#250 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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