Davenports Farm Crows Nest Bolton BL3 1AL Data via plota.co.uk

01913/26/PREMIN Deposited

Proposal

Demolition of 2 no. stables and 1 no. store together with erection of building use as abattoir (sui generis) and erection of building for use as a dessert cafe (Class E(b)) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 29 Oct 2026, 05:52

Application progress

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Received

22 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

27 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 22 Dec 2026, from Bolton's recent changes of use.

Documents

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Site constraints 8

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 restricted byway about 21 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Bolton (Bolton) built-up area; Priority habitat about 45 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 28 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
Postcode: BL3 1AL
Received: 22 Oct 2026
Validated: 27 Oct 2026
Ward: Little Lever And Darcy Lever
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: ASC Planning Consultants Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Bolton usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 353 days to the 56-day target

60%decided within 8 weeks

59%approved

100decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 22 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

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VARIATION OF CONDITION 6 (CLADDING) ON APPLICATION 88015/12

11428/21 31 Mar 2022

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