Harwood Quarry Brookfold Lane Bolton BL2 4LT Data via plota.co.uk

01588/26 - County Matters Deposited
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (winning and working of materials) on application to amend cessation date from 31st december 2026 to 31st december 2031 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Sept 2026
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Consultation
2 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 30 Nov 2026.

The consultation period closed on 13 Oct 2026.

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF SUPPORTING STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF LOCATION PLAN Application Submission Details · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE PLAN Application Submission Details · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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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Public footpath about 7 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.
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 Expansion Zone
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 3; 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
County Matters
Postcode
BL2 4LT
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Bradshaw
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Mineral Planning Group Ltd.

Public comments

No public comments yet.

90 neighbours consulted · Last counted 29 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15192306
Planning Portal ref
PP-15192306
Neighbours
2 Sept 2026
Consultation
2 Sept 2026
Comments by
13 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
9 Sept 2026
Committee
29 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Isherwood Fold Barn Brookfold Lane Bolton BL2 4LT
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR
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2023 Approved
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DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN) ON APPLICATION 1618…
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2023 Approved
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CHANGE OF USE OF STABLES TO 1NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
16180/23
2022 Decided
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CHANGE OF USE FROM STABLES TO 1NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLING (C3).
14091/22
2021 Refused
Isherwood Fold Barn Brookfold Lane Bolton BL2 4LT
ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSIONS AT SIDE AND REAR
12743/21
2021 Refused
Isherwood Fold Barn Brookfold Lane Bolton BL2 4LT
ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE/REAR
12043/21
2021 Withdrawn
Isherwood Fold Barn Brookfold Lane Bolton BL2 4LT
ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE/REAR AND RAISING OF RIDGE HEIGHT
11190/21
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