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Belmont House Deakins Mill Way Bolton BL7 9RP

00313/26Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 April 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM TWO STOREY OFFICE BUILDING (CLASS E) TO CONVERSION OF 1 NO. APARTMENT BLOCK COMPRISING OF NO. 18 SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS (CLASS C3)

Received
19 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley Cross
Agent
Sedgwick Associates
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Belmont House Deakins Mill Way Bolton BL7 9RP. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. 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.

79% of outline 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 9RP
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
18
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 March 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026
Permission expires
14 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Sedgwick Associates
Agent address
PO Box 237 Bolton BL1 9WY

Planning decision

Case officer
Lauren Kaye
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14701613
Documents
10
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: EgertonPart of the site
  • Green belt: Bolton

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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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