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Guide Price£130,000

Land at Waterside Gardens, on the east side of Waters Meeting Road, Bolton, Greater Manchester BL1

Land size
0.24 acres

Key Features

  • Freehold residential development opportunity
  • Permission - 12no. apartments (8 x 2 bed and 4 x 1 bed).
  • Site area approximately 0.097 hectares (0.24 acres)
  • Vacant possession

Description

Online auction 15th - 16th September 2026

Residential Development Site – Consent For 12 Apartments

On the instructions of the Joint LPA Receivers
Description
Freehold residential development site situated to the west of Waterside Gardens, off Waters Meeting Road, approximately ½ mile north of Bolton town centre. The immediate area has been developed for apartments.
Site area approximately 0.097 hectares (0.24 acres)

Planning
The site is understood to benefit from a partially completed planning permission for residential apartments under ref:78572/07 (part of consent granted December 2007 for 44 no. apartments), with this parcel one of the last phases still to be completed for a single detached three storey block of 12no. apartments (8 x 2 bed and 4 x 1 bed).

Prospective purchasers are to rely on their own enquiries of Bolton Council ) Planning applications – Bolton Council

Tenure: Freehold
Title number: MAN434018
Local Authority: Bolton

Finance is available on this lot. For a decision-in-principle visit togethermoney.com/amydip/

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Tenure: Freehold

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-08-18

Utilities & Restrictions

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Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • The Valley Community Primary School510 metresOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    538
    Type
    Community school
  • Castle Hill Primary School663 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    220
    Type
    Community school
  • St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge719 metresOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    251
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Olive School, Bolton824 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    422
    Type
    Free schools
    Faith
    Muslim
  • St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    424
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Eden Boys' School, Bolton843 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    621
    Type
    Free schools
    Faith
    Muslim
    Gender
    Boys
  • Canon Slade School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,724
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sharples School0.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,214
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Thornleigh Salesian College1 mileOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,574
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Smithills School1.3 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,203
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Tonge Moor Rd, Bolton849 metres
Farmfoods Halliwell Bolton, Bolton854 metres
Asda Bolton Superstore, Bolton936 metres

GP surgery

Burnside Surgery519 metres

Pharmacy

Cohens Chemist383 metres

Hospital

Bolton Royal Hospital2.8 miles

Green space

Play Space209 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Hall i' th' Wood Rail Station773 metres

Nearest bus stop

Waterside Gardens191 metres

Typical drive times

Bolton7 min · 2.1 miles
Kearsley10 min · 5.1 miles
Farnworth9 min · 3.9 miles
Little Lever11 min · 4.8 miles
Salford (city)21 min · 14 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 2Medium risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings, including exact zones and annual chances, any recorded past flooding, plus planning, heritage, nature and ground checks, is in the .

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