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Catherine House 1 Lever Street Bolton BL3 6PB

00286/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 July 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT GRADE II* LISTED BUILDING TO SNOOKER HALL WITH ANCILLARY CAFE

Received
18 February 2026
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
RA Design & Project Management Ltd
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 140 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Catherine House 1 Lever Street Bolton BL3 6PB. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 6PB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation start
18 February 2026
Consultation end
11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
11 March 2026
Target decision date
27 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
RA Design & Project Management Ltd
Architect profile
RA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Agent address
Suite 4, The White House 42-44 Chorley New Road Bolton Lancashire BL1 4AP

Planning decision

Case officer
Aisha Nawal Haque
Statutory period
129 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
11 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14710938
Documents
24
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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© 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
    18 Feb

    CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT GRADE II* LISTED BUILDING TO SNOOKER HALL WITH ANCILLARY CAFE

    This applicationApprovedFull00286/26
  2. 2026
    18 Feb

    LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT GRADE II* LISTED BUILDING TO SNOOKER HALL WITH…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside00287/26

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    23 Jun

    CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL USES TO 12NO. APARTMENTS

    PendingFull Planning Permission16260/23

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