Units A And B At Rear Of 365 Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NA Data via plota.co.uk

01312/26 - Full Planning Permission Deposited
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Erection of smart repair unit, photography canopy together with installation of palisade fence Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
31 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 26 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 4 Nov 2026 and 26 Nov 2026, from Bolton's recent commercial and major works.

The consultation period closed on 22 Sept 2026.

Documents 9

Statements & assessments 3

PDF TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY Application Submission Details · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG EXEMPTION Application Submission Details · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Application Submission Details · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN Application Submission Details · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SITE PLAN Application Submission Details · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Application Submission Details · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PROPOSED UNIT AND CANOPY Application Submission Details · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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 31 m from the postcode pin (reference 364407-003).
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 ↗
Public footpath about 18 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BL5 3NA
Received
17 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Aug 2026
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
ANW Architects Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 59 of the 56-day target. Bolton usually decides commercial and major works by day 80.

Day 5921 days to the predicted decision (day 80)
32%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
29decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works 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

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15090290
Planning Portal ref
PP-15090290
Neighbours
1 Sept 2026
Consultation
1 Sept 2026
Comments by
22 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Corges Cottage Dodd Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NT
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
14126/22
2022 Approved
Unit P Dodd Lane Business Park Dodd Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NA
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM B8 (STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION) TO B2 (GEN…
13278/22
2020 Refused
Units P And Q The Yard Dodd Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NU
CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION TO DANCE AND FITNESS STUDIO
10055/20
2020 Withdrawn
Unit H J And K Dodd Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NA
VARIATION OF CONDITION 6 (HOURS OF OPERATION TO BE CHANGED TO MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00AM - 9…
09644/20
2020 Approved
Unit T Dodd Lane Industrial Estate Dodd Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NU
CHANGE OF USE FROM LIGHT WAREHOUSING (B8) TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (B2) TOGETHER WITH ADDITION…
09150/20
2019 Approved
The Yard Dodd Lane Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3NU
ALTERATION AND CONVERSION OF OFFICE/WORKSHOP/WAREHOUSE INTO SMALLER STORAGE AND DISTRIBUT…
06860/19
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