Issues and Options

The Issues and Options consultation, which ran from 21 August to 2 September, was the first of three chances for stakeholders to have their say on the local plan. This consultation enabled us to:

• explain how the local plan process works
• give you a clear overview of the main topics and challenges and
• hear your thoughts at this early stage through a short survey

The Issues and Options paper can be found at Bolton Local Plan Issues & Options. Full details of what was included in the consultation can be found at Local Plan: Scoping Issues and Options.
 

Call for Sites

Our call for sites ran from 4 March to 15 April 2025 inviting landowners, developers and residents to put forward sites that could have potential for future use. In total, we received over 100 formal submissions. Additionally, since the close of the Call for Sites we have received further sites

The types of sites submitted covered a wide range of uses, including:

• housing
• employment land
• recreation and leisure facilities and
• green space and environmental improvements

We will shortly publish a map of the sites received here.

It is important to note that a submission does not guarantee that a site will be taken forward in the local plan. Currently, all submissions are being carefully assessed against planning criteria to understand their suitability.