Planning application
Former Horwich Loco Works Site Aspinall Way Horwich Bolton BL6 6DW
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 19 (CONTAMINATED LAND) ON APPLICATION 91352/14
As published by the council, reference 00063/26
Application record
- Reference
- 00063/26
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Deposited
- Received
- 13 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Horwich South & Blackrod
- Parish
- Horwich Town Council
- Postcode
- BL6 6DW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bolton register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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01493/26 Awaiting decision
Former Horwich Loco Works Site Aspinall Way Horwich Bolton BL6 6DW
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4 (Site Wide Phasing Programme) ON APPLICATION 91352/14
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15494/23 Refused
Former Horwich Loco Works Site Aspinall Way Horwich Bolton BL6 6DW
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 17 (DRAINAGE CULVERT RECONSTRUCTION - SURVEY OF EXISTING DRAINAGE NETWORK & SCHEME FOR ABANDONMENT) ON APPLICATION 05378/19.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Jan 2026
Received by Bolton
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Bolton took a median of 59 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 91352/14 (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Asteer Planning LLP Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Salford
Active · incorporated 2021 · Salford
79 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 100% granted
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See their track recordPenrose C/O Asteer Planning LLP Applicant, a planning consultancy
1 application on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
- Environment Agency Comment
- Remediation & Enabling Works Strategy (Aug 26)
- Environment Agency
- Asbestos in Soils Risk Assessment
- Supplementary Controlled Waters Risk Assessment
- Waste Management & Recovery Strategy
- Cover letter
- Environmental Agency
- Natural England
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- SITE LOCATION PLAN LP01
- REMEDIATION AND ENABLING WORKS STRATEGY - HORWICH HE LAND
- REMEDIATION AND ENABLING WORKS STRATEGY - HORWICH HE LAND 1
- GSA PART 1
- GSA PART 2
- GSA PART 3
- GSA PART 4
- GSA PART 5
- GSA PART 6
- GSA PART 7
- GSA PART 8
- GSA PART 9
- DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS COVER LETTER - SUPERSEDED
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Bolton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bolton decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 78 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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Land At Former Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton BL6 5UE
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 12: (CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN) 13: (GROUND WORKS) 19: (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) 22: (EXISTING AND PROPOSED LEVEL) 23: (ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFIRMATION LETTER) 25: (ECOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN) 32: (JAPANESE KNOTWEED) 34: (FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT) AND 35: (DRAINAGE) ON APPLICATION 91352/14
Withdrawn Conditions 11 docs -
Land South And West Of Fettlers Way Former Horwich Loco Works (Rivington Chase) Bolton BL6 6DW
82% historically approved · decision due ~12 Feb
RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION (DETAILS OF ACCESS, LAYOUT AND LANDSCAPING) FOR THE GROUND ENGINEERING AND REMEDIATION WORKS TO ENABLE CREATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM INCLUDING SURACE CAR PARK (TEMPORARY), NEW OPEN SPACE INCLUDING CREATION OF COMMUNITY PARK, CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA AND INFORMAL SPORTS PITCH, LANDSCAPING, ECOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY TREATMENTS PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 91352/14
Awaiting decision Reserved matters 117 docs -
Former Loco Works, Horwich, Bolton
82% historically approved · decision due ~10 Feb
RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION (DETAILS OF ACCESS, APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE) FOR THE ERECTION OF 345 NO. DWELLINGS PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION 91352/14
Awaiting decision Reserved matters 139 docsMajor scheme -
Land At Former Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Fettlers Way Bolton BL6 5UE
NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 91352/14 TO AMEND WORDING ON CONDITION 7 (APPROVED PLANS), 26 (ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT PLAN), 38 (DESIGN CODE) AND 39 (DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT)
Granted Amendments 6 docs -
Land At The Former Horwich Loco Industrial Estate, Phase 2 Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton
PART DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 19 (SITE INVESTIGATION) 20 (REMEDIATION/EARTHWORKS) 35 (DRAINAGE) ON APPLICATION 91352/14 (AS AMENDED BY NMA 14952/22)
Decided Conditions 9 docs -
Horwich Loco Industrial Estate Chorley New Road Horwich Bolton BL6 5UE
VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 6 (VEHICULAR ACCESS) 7 (CAR PARKING) 10 (ELECTRONIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS) 11 (BOUNDARY TREATMENT) 13 (LANDSCAPING) 14 (HERITAGE LINK FOOTPATH) 18 (APPROVED PLANS) ON APPLICATION 11486/21
Granted Amendments 15 docs
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