Land Adjacent Chorley Road Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3LZ Data via plota.co.uk

01701/26 - Advertisement Consent Deposited

Proposal

Installation of 2 no. illuminated display units Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

17 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

18 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 12 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 7 Nov 2026, from Bolton's recent signs and adverts.

Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026

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Documents 14

Site constraints 3

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. Nearest recorded mine shaft: about 6 m from the postcode pin (reference 364407-002).

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.

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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

Green belt about 26 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester.

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 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: Advertisement Consent
Postcode: BL5 3LZ
Received: 17 Sept 2026
Validated: 17 Sept 2026
Ward: Historic Record
Parish: Westhoughton Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. Bolton usually decides signs and adverts by day 51.

prediction

Day 2234 days to the 56-day target

76%decided within 8 weeks

62%approved

39decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15232054
Planning Portal ref: PP-15232054
Consultation: 18 Sept 2026
Comments by: 9 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 12 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Bolton

Planning Authority Score

2.5/10

Poor

#250 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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