Planning application
In Vessel Composting Facility Salford Road Bolton BL5 1DG
Works: Extension Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
EXTENSION AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING IN-VESSEL COMPOSTING (IVC) BUILDING TO PROVIDE A MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY (MRF), TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF ANCILLARY BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANT. PART RETROSPECTIVE DEMOLITION OF IVC ANCILLARY BUILDINGS.
As published by the council, reference 21602/25
Application record
- Reference
- 21602/25
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 23 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Hulton
- Postcode
- BL5 1DG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Dec 2025
Received by Bolton
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16 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 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 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
WSP UK Limited Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 1978 · London
79 applications on PlanIndex · across 39 councils · 89% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
76 documents on file for this application
- POLLUTION CONTROL
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- GMEU - FINAL
- BNG METRIC REV 4
- BNG REPORT
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TREE OFFICER (2)
- GMEU
- BNG METRIC Rev 3
- BNG REPORT (VREV 3)
- POLLUTION CONTROL
- PROPOSED SOFT LANDSCAPE PLAN
- TREE REMOVAL AND PROTECTION PLAN
- Press Advert
- Highways Engineering
- Greater Manchester Ecology Unit
- HSE ADVICE
- Environmental Agency
- Cadent Gas
- Press Advert
- . Flood Risk Team.
- TREE OFFICER (1)
- Cadent Gas
- Coal Authority
- GM POLICE - DESIGN FOR SECURITY
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SITE LEVELS
- Neighbour Consultation Plan
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- DEMOLITION PLAN
- ELEVATIONS EDUCATION BUILDING
- ELEVATIONS GLASS STORE CANOPY
- ELEVATIONS MATERIALS CANOPY
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS MRF
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS WELFARE
- EXISTING DRAINAGE PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SOLAR FARM SITE CABIN PLAN AND ELEVATIONS
- MODULAR BUILDING AND STAIRPOD PLANS
- FIRE WATER TANK PLAN AND ELEVATION
- PROPOSED LAYOUT
- PROPOSED SOFT LANDSCAPE PLAN
- SAFEGUARDED SPACE PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLAN
- PEA HABITAT MAP
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- BAT SURVEY
- GCN SURVEY REPORT
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 01
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 02
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 03
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT 03
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT 04
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT 01
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT 02
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT 02
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 01
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 02
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 03
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 04
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 05
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 06
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 08
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 09
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 10
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT 11
- BNG METRIC
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