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Town Hall Victoria Square Bolton BL1 1RU

00053/26Full Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 24 March 2026

Council decision: Withdrawn by the applicantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

RESTORATION TO EXISTING CLOCK TOWER AND INSTALLATION OF HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING WITH WINDOW AND ROOF REPAIR.

Received
9 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Town Hall Victoria Square Bolton BL1 1RU. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 74 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Town Hall conservation area, with 5 listed buildings 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.

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
BL1 1RU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 March 2026
Consultation start
13 February 2026
Consultation end
6 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 February 2026
Last date for comments
6 March 2026
Target decision date
20 February 2026
Committee meeting
19 March 2026
Permission expires
24 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Billy Garner
Agent address
55 Charlotte Street Birmingham B3 1PX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
4 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
55
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Hall
  • Listed building: Grade II: Chadwick StatueOn this site · +3 more
  • Brownfield land register: Bridgeman Buildings, Exchange Street, Bolton, BL1 1RSRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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
    9 Jan

    RESTORATION TO EXISTING CLOCK TOWER AND INSTALLATION OF HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING WITH WINDOW AND ROOF…

    This applicationWithdrawnFull00053/26
  2. 2026
    9 Jan

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR RESTORATION TO EXISTING CLOCK TOWER AND INSTALLATION OF HEATING AND AIR…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside00054/26

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