17 Glynne Street Bolton BL4 7DN
Refused on 8 May 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE OF PART GROUND FLOOR FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TO RETAIL UNIT (USE CLASS E) TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO FRONT ELEVATION INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF A SHOP FRONT AND ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION, DORMER AND DETACHED GARAGE AT REAR.
- Received
- 6 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Farnworth South
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- ReceivedReceived6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation28 Jan
- TargetTarget Date8 May
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 122 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 17 Glynne Street Bolton BL4 7DN. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 9 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Farnworth South. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 postcode area.
81% of full applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- Insufficient information has been provided by the applicant in the form of accurate existing and proposed plans to enable the proposal to be properly judged against Core Strategy Policy CG4 of the Core Strategy and PfE Policy JP-P1
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BL4 7DN
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 7 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 7 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 8 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- Architect profile
- RA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- Agent address
- Suite 4 The White House 42-44 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 122 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14588278
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 34
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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