Bolton Library And Museum Services Bolton Civic Centre Le Mans Crescent Bolton BL1 1SE

00056/26Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR LOCALISED ROOF COVERING AND WINDOW ROOFLIGHT REPAIRS AND RETROFITTING. INTERNAL HVAC IMPROVEMENTS WITH ADDITIONAL HVAC EQUIPMENT PROPOSED

Received: 9 January 2026
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Queens Park & Central

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated12 Jan
Consult.Consultation2 Feb
TargetTarget Date23 Feb
DecidedDecided27 Mar

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Bolton Library And Museum Services Bolton Civic Centre Le Mans Crescent Bolton BL1 1SE. Bolton has handled 99 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Hall conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 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 1SE
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 4 February 2026
Consultation start: 12 January 2026
Consultation end: 2 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 12 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 2 February 2026
Last date for comments: 4 February 2026
Target decision date: 23 February 2026
Committee meeting: 26 March 2026
Permission expires: 27 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: 41
Constraints: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Town Hall
Listed building: Grade II: Civic CentreOn this site
Brownfield land register: Cheadle SquareRegister 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.

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This applicationApprovedListed building consent00056/26

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

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