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28A Manchester Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3QD

00077/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 24 June 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF VACANT UNIT TO A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATING A DANCE STUDIO (USE CLASS E(d)) AND A UNIT FOR STORAGE OR LIGHT INDUSTRY (USE CLASS B8 OR E(g)) TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF 2 NO. WINDOWS AND 1 NO. DOORWAY

Received
15 January 2026
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 159 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 28A Manchester Road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3QD. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 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
BL5 3QD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
27 February 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Steve Lamb
Agent address
11 Princes Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NQ

Planning decision

Case officer
John Dupre
Statutory period
117 days

Publicity

Site notice end
27 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14574006
Documents
18
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Jul

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (NOISE) ON APPLICATION 00077/26

    DeterminedDischarge of conditions01349/26
  2. 2026
    15 Jan

    CHANGE OF USE OF VACANT UNIT TO A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATING A DANCE STUDIO (USE CLASS E(d)) AND A…

    This applicationApprovedFull00077/26

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