Westhoughton High County Secondary School Bolton Road Bolton BL5 3BZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Removal of 8 no. car parking spaces and creation of pedestrian access Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from Bolton's recent commercial and major works.
Documents 12
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 8
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
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
Decision outlook
Day 85, past the statutory target. 61% of commercial and major works in Bolton are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 15 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Bolton in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolton decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
18 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15072890
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15072890
- Neighbours
- 16 Jul 2026
- Consultation
- 16 Jul 2026
- Comments by
- 6 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 10 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
9 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.
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The consultation period closed on 6 Aug 2026.