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Car Park Egerton Street Bolton BL4 7JZ

00325/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 October 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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 VACANT LAND TO CAR PARK WITH 28 NO. PARKING SPACES WITH ALTERATION TO ACCESS

Received
23 February 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Farnworth North
Agent
RA Design & Project Management Ltd
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 249 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Car Park Egerton Street Bolton BL4 7JZ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 249 days, 28 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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
BL4 7JZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
23 February 2026
Consultation end
13 October 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 March 2026
Last date for comments
20 March 2026
Target decision date
30 October 2026

Applicant and agent

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 BL1 4AP

Planning decision

Case officer
John Dupre
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
20 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14724745
Documents
9
Constraints
11

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.

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