31 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP Data via plota.co.uk

01446/26 - Householder Application for pl. permissi Deposited
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of single storey side and rear extensions together with alterations to fenestration and installation of low-level dry stone wall and canopy to front Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
2 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 28 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 58.

The consultation period closed on 21 Oct 2026.

Documents 7

Statements & assessments 4

PDF Arboriculture Impact Assessment Amended Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboriculture Method Statement Amended Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF PLANS Application Submission Details · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Submission Details · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

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 ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath about 4 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.
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 11 m from the postcode pin (reference 374412-012). 2 recorded mine entries within 50 m.
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 ↗
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Flood defence about 17 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Bolton (Bolton) built-up area; Priority habitat about 48 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
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £238,000 in September 2001. Detached house, freehold.

18 September 2001£238,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area152 m² (1,636 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (45 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached bungalow, 7 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Other new applications on this street

27 Jul 2026Approved

34 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH

INSTALLATION OF 1 NO. HVAC UNIT

01310/26

Nearby new applications

14 Oct 2026Pending

37 Hulme Road Bolton BL2 4BS

DEMOLITION AND ERECTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING

01858/26/PREMIN
28 Sept 2026Pending

36 Catterall Crescent Bolton BL2 4AD

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE WITH ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSIONS

01767/26
9 Sept 2026Pending

5 Riding Gate Mews Bolton BL2 4DS

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO :- PRUNE 2 NO. BIRCH

01633/26

Important details

Council
Bolton
Application type
Householder Application for pl. permissi
Postcode
BL2 4DP
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Ward
Bradshaw
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 58, past the statutory target. 92% of extensions in Bolton are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 2 Dec 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 582 days past 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.

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
11 Sept 2026
Consultation
11 Sept 2026
Comments by
21 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
23 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY BEDROOM AND ADDITION OF FRONT, REAR AND FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION…
20266/25
2016 Approved
PRUNING OF MIX OF HOLLY, RHODODENDRON AND LAUREL TREES AT BOUNDARY HEDGE TO FENCE LINE
96864/16
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
38 & 40 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH
PROPOSED FRONT AND REAR ROOF/LOFT EXTENSIONS TO BOTH 40 AND 38 RIDING GATE AND A PORCH AN…
20497/25
2023 Refused
46 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO :- FELL 1 NO. LABURNUM
16854/23
2023 Approved
46 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH
PRUNING OF 1NO. BEECH AND 1NO. HORSE CHESTNUT
16231/23
2023 Approved
42 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNE 2 No. CHERRY (T2 & T5), 1 No. PLUM (T3) AND 1 No. APPLE TREE…
15414/23
2022 Withdrawn
42 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNE 2 No CHERRY, 1 No PLUM AND 1 No APPLE TREE
14821/22
2022 Approved
63 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL ONE HAWTHORN TREE
14947/22
2021 Withdrawn
63 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL 5 SYCAMORE AND 2 HAWTHORN.
12010/21
2021 Refused
Seldom Seen 65 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
FELLING OF 1NO. T1 ASH TREE.
10866/21
2021 Refused
75 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
FELLING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE, 1NO. HOLLY.
10865/21
2020 Approved
61 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNE ONE OAK AND FELL TWO ASH
08835/20
2020 Approved
79 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
PRUNE 1NO. ASH TREE
08677/20
2020 Approved
Seldom Seen 65 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
PART A: NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FELL 1No HOLLY, 1No ASH, 1No SYCAMORE and 2No HAWTHORN TRE…
08260/20
2019 Refused
77 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
PRUNE 1 NO. OAK FELL 1 NO. LARCH, 1 NO. APPLE, 1 NO. HOLLY 1 NO. ASH 2 NO. CHERRY 1 NO. M…
06811/19
2019 Refused
46 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH
NOTICE OF INTENTION FOR THE FELLING OF 1 NO. CHERRY
06667/19
2017 Refused
46 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PRUNE ONE BEECH TREE.
01416/17
2017 Approved
57 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DP
PRUNING OF 1NO. SYCAMORE TREE
01059/17
2016 Refused
42 Riding Gate Bolton BL2 4DH
FELLING OF 1 POPLAR TREE
96405/16
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.