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Former Horwich Loco Works Site Aspinall Way Horwich Bolton BL6 6DW

Refused Bolton 15494/23 Discharge of Condition

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 17 (DRAINAGE CULVERT RECONSTRUCTION - SURVEY OF EXISTING DRAINAGE NETWORK & SCHEME FOR ABANDONMENT) ON APPLICATION 05378/19.

As published by the council, reference 15494/23

Application record

Reference
15494/23
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
20 Feb 2023
Validated
20 Feb 2023
Decided
2 May 2023
Ward
Historic Record
Parish
Horwich Town Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
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.

  • 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

    Submitted 14 Aug 2026
  • 00063/26 Decided

    Former Horwich Loco Works Site Aspinall Way Horwich Bolton BL6 6DW

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 19 (CONTAMINATED LAND) ON APPLICATION 91352/14

    Decided 23 Oct 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Feb 2023

    Received by Bolton

  2. 2 May 2023

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 6 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Avison Young Limited Agent

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

12 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Bolton refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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.

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