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20 Broadway Bolton BL4 0HQ

00181/26Full Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Withdrawn by the applicant

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (CLASS C3) INTO 6 NO. BEDROOM HMO (CLASS C4) FOR 6 OCCUPANTS TOGETHER WITH CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO FORM HABITABLE ROOM.

Received
5 February 2026
Ward
Farnworth North
Agent
RA Design & Project Management Ltd
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 20 Broadway Bolton BL4 0HQ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 98 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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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Application details

Postcode
BL4 0HQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Consultation start
6 February 2026
Consultation end
27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
27 February 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026
Committee meeting
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
RA Design & Project Management Ltd
Agent address
Suite 4, The White House 42-44 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14588243
Documents
6
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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Jun

    CONVERSION OF DWELLING TO 5 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission01174/26

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