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448 - 452 Radcliffe Road Bolton BL3 1SY

00073/26Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 12 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

ERECTION OF TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO CREATE 1NO. ADDITIONAL RETAIL UNIT AND SHOP FRONTAGE AT GROUND FLOOR, LOADING AREA AT GROUND FLOOR AND STORAGE/ANCILLARY AREA AT FIRST FLOOR FOR EXISTING UNIT AND REPLACEMENT EXTERNAL STAIRCASE TO SIDE

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Little Lever And Darcy Lever
Agent
MDA Design Ltd
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 448 - 452 Radcliffe Road Bolton BL3 1SY. Bolton has handled 3,200 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 56 applications across Little Lever And Darcy Lever. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of the additional retail unit, the lack of off street parking and the loss of the external loading and servicing area at the rear of the building does not fully consider the needs of all people and does not make appropriate provision for deliveries and servicing and is likely to impact detrimentally on the safety of highway users, in particular pedestrians, contrary to Policy P5.5 and Appendix 3 of Bolton's Core Strategy and Policy JP-C5 and C8 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan.
  2. Insufficient information has been provided by the applicant particularly with regard to bats and carbon and energy to enable the proposal to be properly judged against the policies JP-G8 and JP-S2 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan.
  3. The proposed extension and staircase, by reason of their siting and scale, would impact detrimentally on the outlook and amenity of the existing dwellings within the building and on the privacy of 3 Raikes Road, contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan and Policy CG4 of Bolton's Core Strategy.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL3 1SY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 February 2026
Consultation start
16 January 2026
Consultation end
6 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 February 2026
Last date for comments
6 February 2026
Target decision date
27 February 2026
Permission expires
12 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
MDA Design Ltd
Agent address
84 Longworth Road Horwich Bolton BL6 7BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14463458
Documents
17
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.

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