Moss Hill Farm Bradshaw Road Bolton BL2 4JP Data via plota.co.uk

01150/26 - Full Planning Permission Deposited

Proposal

Demolition of 7 no. commercial buildings and erection of 9 no. dwellings together with associated parking, landscaping and ancillary works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jun 2026
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Validated
16 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Target date was 10 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 22 Oct 2026; it is now day 104.

The consultation period closed on 22 Oct 2026.

Documents 35

Plans & drawings 18

PDF HABITAT PLAN Amended Drawing · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED HABITAT PLAN Amended Drawing · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF METRIC MACRO ENABLED Amended Drawing · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN Amended Drawing · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCATION AND EXISTING SITE PLAN Amended Drawing · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SUDS PROFORMA Amended Drawing · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF BUILDING 7 - EXISTING NORTH ELEVATION Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILDING 1 - EXISTING ELEVATIONS Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILDING 2 - EXISTING ELEVATIONS Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILDING 3 - EXISTING ELEVATIONS Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILDING 4 - EXISTING ELEVATIONS Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILDING 5 - EXISTING ELEVATIONS Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILDING 6 - EXISTING ELEVATIONS Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATION AND FLOOR PLAN - PLOT 9 Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATION AND FLOOR PLAN - PLOT 4 Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATION AND FLOOR PLAN - PLOT 5 Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATION AND FLOOR PLANS - PLOT 8 Application Submission Details · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
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; Local nature reserve about 401 m away: Upper Bradshaw Valley; Coalfield, development low risk area; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BL2 4JP
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Ward
Bradshaw
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Macmarshalls Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 104, past the statutory target. 89% of demolitions 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 26 Oct 2026.

Day 10448 days past the 56-day target
60%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
88decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14689031
Planning Portal ref
PP-14689031
Neighbours
16 Jul 2026
Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
16 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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