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2 Park Street Bolton BL4 7RE

00043/26Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 6 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE (CLASS E) TO 1 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENT (CLASS C3)

Received
9 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth North
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2 Park Street Bolton BL4 7RE. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 postcode area.

79% of outline 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
BL4 7RE
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
27 February 2026
Target decision date
20 February 2026
Permission expires
6 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
Agent address
55a Bury Old Road Prestwich M25 0FG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
27 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14576604
Documents
9
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Bolton

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