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40 Bolton Road Bolton BL5 3DG

00220/26Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM DENTAL CLINIC (CLASS E(e)) TO 2 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS (CLASS C3)

Received
10 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Agent
WhiteleyEaves Ltd
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 40 Bolton Road Bolton BL5 3DG. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker 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.

79% of outline applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BL5 3DG
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation start
10 February 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2026
Last date for comments
3 March 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2026
Permission expires
2 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
WhiteleyEaves Ltd
Agent address
Hollinwood Business Centre Albert Street Oldham OL8 3QL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14690516
Documents
8
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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