764 St Helens Road Bolton BL5 1AF
Approved on 4 March 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (CLASS C3) TO 5 NO. BEDROOM HMO FOR 5 OCCUPANTS
- Received
- 8 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hulton
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date1 Mar
- DecidedDecided4 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 764 St Helens Road Bolton BL5 1AF. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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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Application details
- Postcode
- BL5 1AF
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 4 March 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 Lancashire BL1 4AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 16 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14607093
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Bolton
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Source: Bolton
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