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Bolton School Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4PB

00023/26Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 17 March 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF 2 NO. BOILER PLANTS AND 2 NO. EXTRACTOR FLUES.

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Bolton School Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4PB. Bolton has handled 99 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

94% of heritage 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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Application details

Postcode
BL1 4PB
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026
Permission expires
17 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
ESD
Agent address
31 - 41 Market Street Bolton BL1 1BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
11 February 2026
Site notice end
26 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14603187
Documents
18
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 Jan

    REPLACEMENT OF 2 NO. BOILER PLANTS AND 2 NO. EXTRACTOR FLUES.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside00022/26
  2. 2026
    7 Jan

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF 2 NO. BOILER PLANTS AND 2 NO. EXTRACTOR FLUES.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent00023/26

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