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121 Market Street Bolton BL4 8EX

00125/26Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PARTIAL CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT BANK TO 7 NO. BEDROOM HMO (CLASS C4) FOR 7 NO. OCCUPANTS

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth North
Agent
Setsquare Architecture Ltd
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target12 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 121 Market Street Bolton BL4 8EX. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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 small size of the kitchen / dining room and Bedroom 7, the poor outlook of Bedroom 1 and the lack of external amenity space would result in a development that would not provide future residents with a high standard of amenity, contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan and Policy CG4 of Bolton's Core Strategy.
  2. Insufficient information has been provided by the applicant particularly with regard to Heritage and Carbon and Energy to enable the proposal to be properly judged against the policies JP-P2 and JP-S2 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL4 8EX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2026
Last date for comments
17 April 2026
Target decision date
12 April 2026
Permission expires
17 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Setsquare Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
SETSQUARE ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
21A Phoebe Lane Ind. Est. Phoebe Lane Halifax HX3 9EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
16 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14650061
Documents
10
Constraints
8

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

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Sep

    EXTENSION OF COMMERCIAL PREMISES AND INSTALLATION OF 3 NO. ROLLER SHUTTER DOORS

    RefusedApplication01618/26

Source: Bolton

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