Unit A6b Lea Field Way Bolton BL5 1ED Data via plota.co.uk

01784/26 - Full Planning Permission Deposited

Proposal

Erection of fence and access control gates to Lea Field Way together with construction of footpath for public right of way diversion Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:14

Application progress

✓

Received

1 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

7 Oct 2026

✓

Consultation

8 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Dec 2026, from Bolton's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 29 Oct 2026

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Documents 12

Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

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 ↗

Agricultural land, grade 4, surveyed

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Wolverhampton). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3; the survey is the definitive reading.

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.

Survey report ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Little Hulton built-up area; Green belt about 58 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester.

Not affected

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

Checked on 8 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: BL5 1ED
Received: 1 Oct 2026
Validated: 7 Oct 2026
Ward: Hulton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 2 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Johnson Mowat Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Bolton usually decides extensions by day 56.

prediction

Day 2135 days to the 56-day target

66%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

451decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

18 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15230132
Planning Portal ref: PP-15230132
Neighbours: 8 Oct 2026
Consultation: 8 Oct 2026
Comments by: 29 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 7 (LOADING/UNLOADING OF VEHICLES), 8 (USE OF SITE BY VEHICLES) AN…

02631/18 26 Apr 2019

2018 Approved

Plot F2F Logistics North Bolton BL5 1ED

NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 01805/17 (CHANGE TO LAYOUT OF PLOT F2/F - MOVING OF…

02635/18 6 Feb 2018

2017 Approved

Unit A6A Lea Field Way Bolton BL5 1ED

SITING OF ILLUMINATED BOX SIGN ON WESTERN ELEVATION

01418/17 11 Sep 2017

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