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308 Manchester Road Bolton BL6 5BB

00071/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM PUBLIC HOUSE TO 4 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS. (CLASS C3)

Received
14 January 2026
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
Agent
3rd Bridge Architects Ltd
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 308 Manchester Road Bolton BL6 5BB. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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
BL6 5BB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackrod Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
15 January 2026
Consultation end
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
3rd Bridge Architects Ltd
Architect profile
3RD BRIDGE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
161 Edith Terrace Compstall Stockport Cheshire SK6 5JF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14513365
Documents
13
Constraints
9

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.

Source: Bolton

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