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Nursery 598 Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9RY

00184/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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

VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON PREMISES) ON APPLICATION 87145/11 TO INCREASE FROM NO. 66 TO NO. 74 CHILDREN/YOUNG PERSONS.

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley Cross
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Nursery 598 Darwen Road Bolton BL7 9RY. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days 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 108 applications across Bromley Cross. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 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
BL7 9RY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 April 2026
Consultation start
30 March 2026
Consultation end
20 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 March 2026
Last date for comments
20 April 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026
Permission expires
15 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
71 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14666344
Documents
3
Constraints
13

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
    5 Feb

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON PREMISES) ON APPLICATION 87145/11

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)00184/26
  2. 2016
    23 Feb

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2 AND 3 ON APPLICATION 87145/11

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)95949/16
  3. 2011
    21 Nov

    CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF EXISTING DWELLING TO FORM CHILDREN'S NURSERY INCLUDING STAFF ACCOMMODATION TOGETHER…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart of87145/11

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