What is pre-application advice?
We offer advice on your proposals before you submit a planning application.
This is useful to:
- establish whether the principle of development is likely to be supported
- ensure the proposal is delivering our objectives of securing regeneration and high-quality development in Bolton
- save time and cost by influencing development before the application is submitted rather than trying to implement suggested changes at a later stage
We will provide you with a written response covering:
- the planning history of the site, together with some analysis of this where relevant
- details of any statutory designations applying to the site, such as conservation areas, listed buildings, protected trees and sites of special scientific interest
- the text of relevant planning policies applying to the site, together with other planning and technical requirements such as space standards or relevant sections of any supplementary planning documents
- advice on the plans and supporting information necessary to provide a valid planning application
- advice on the procedure, consultation arrangements and estimated timescale for processing the application
- informal and without prejudice advice on whether the submitted proposal is likely to satisfy our planning policies after taking any material considerations into account
- if the proposal cannot be supported in its current form, some advice will be provided as to how it could be made acceptable, where possible
- advice on any potential planning obligation (S106) and non-standard conditions, together with advice on minimising conditions