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244 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JU

00241/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to 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

CHANGE OF USE FROM GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SHOP (CLASS E) TO LAUNDERETTE AND OFFICES (SUI GENERIS)

Received
12 February 2026
Ward
Great Lever
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 244 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JU. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 20 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 2JU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
9 March 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
2 Lonsdale M40 2FT

Planning decision

Case officer
Aisha Nawal Haque
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
9

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.

Source: Bolton

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