Little Lever School Church Street Bolton BL3 1BT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of 1 no. building incorporating 9 no. classrooms together with new visitor and bus access. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 28 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Documents 50
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 16
Plans & drawings 23
Application forms 1
Other documents 8
Associated applications 4
Site constraints 6
Checked on 13 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
- BL3 1BT
- Received
- 30 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 7 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Little Lever And Darcy Lever
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 28 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Approve subject to conditions
- Decision date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- ABW Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 174 days from validation, 102 days slower than Bolton's median of 72 for full applications. Approved, as 70% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bolton in the last twelve months, from validation. Bolton decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
29 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14132035
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14132035
- Neighbours
- 11 Aug 2025
- Consultation
- 11 Aug 2025
- Comments by
- 19 Sept 2025
- Site or press notice
- 14 Aug 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 7 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
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