19 Forest Drive Bolton BL5 3DH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior notification application for a proposed larger home extension at rear (4.95m long; 3.50m max height; 2.40m eaves height) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 28 Aug 2026 · Last checked 28 Aug 2026
Documents 5
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 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 4
Last sold for £292,000 in June 2017. Detached house, freehold.
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 January 2026, 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
- General Permitted Development Extensions
- Postcode
- BL5 3DH
- Received
- 17 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
- Parish
- Westhoughton Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 28 Aug 2026
- Decision
- GPD Approval
- Decision date
- 28 Aug 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- BPD Architecture
How this decision compares
Decided in 42 days from validation, 14 days faster than Bolton's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 81% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Bolton in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolton decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15088567
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15088567
- Neighbours
- 22 Jul 2026
- Consultation
- 22 Jul 2026
- Comments by
- 12 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 28 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
18 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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