Land At Lomax Way Lomax Way Bolton BL5 1FQ Data via plota.co.uk

01455/26 - Non-Material Change to Existing Appn Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non-material amendment to application 00487/26 minor changes to the dimension and design of the substation Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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Approved
11 Sept 2026

Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN Application Submission Details · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SUBSTATION PLANS Application Submission Details · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVER LETTER Application Submission Details · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Recorded mine shaft about 41 m from the postcode pin
Reference 370404-008. Building over or close to a mine entry should be avoided, even once it is capped.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Little Hulton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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, 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
Non-Material Change to Existing Appn
Postcode
BL5 1FH
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
10 Aug 2026
Ward
Hulton
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision
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Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

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Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15140211
Planning Portal ref
PP-15140211
Statutory expiry
7 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 2 (LANDSCAPING) ON APPLICATION 01805/17
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Bolton
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#250 of 296 councils
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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