The New Barn Top O Th Knotts Farm Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4LL Data via plota.co.uk

01381/26 - Non-Material Change to Existing Appn Approved

Proposal

Non-material amendment to application 00502/26 to amend cladding on southern elevation to sand yellow (C71) cedral lap wood from red cedar Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 23:07

Application progress

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Received

27 Jul 2026

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Approved

21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 6

Associated applications 2

Part of

HouseholderApproved21 May 202600502/26
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED OUTBUILDING WITH DECKING TO FRONT.
- AmendmentNon-material amendment to application 00502/26 to amend cladding on southern elevation to sand…This application27 Jul 202601381/26

Site constraints 8

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Top o'th' Knotts Farmhouse, Grade II, about 6 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

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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Riding Gate conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Public footpath about 17 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.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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) agrees.

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; Coalfield, development low risk area.

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: Non-Material Change to Existing Appn
Postcode: BL2 4LL
Received: 27 Jul 2026
Validated: 27 Jul 2026
Ward: Bradshaw
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Aug 2026
Decision: Approve subject to conditions
Decision date: 21 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15114397
Planning Portal ref: PP-15114397
Statutory expiry: 24 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved

ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED OUTBUILDING WITH A PAVED ACCESS TO THE FRONT

11116/21 15 Jun 2021

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

Top O TH Knotts Cottage Top O TH Knotts Farm Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4LL

NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 93604/15 (FROM HARDWOOD TO COATED WOOD EFFECT ALUMI…

02378/17 20 Dec 2017

2017 Approved

Oak Cottage Top O TH Knotts Farm Tottington Road Bolton BL2 4LL

ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR TO FORM AN ORANGERY

00788/17 15 Jun 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

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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