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Ancillary Buildling To Front 692 Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NL

00354/26Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 22 April 2026

2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM ANCILLARY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMODATION TO 7 NO. OFFICES (CLASS E(g)) TOGETHER WITH THE FORMATION OF 7 NO. PARKING SPACES, INSTALLATION OF CYCLE STORE AND FORMATION OF 4 NO. BASEMENT STORAGE UNITS

Received
26 February 2026
Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ancillary Buildling To Front 692 Chorley Road Bolton BL5 3NL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development is not supported by a sequential assessment and therefore insufficient information has been provided by the applicant to evidence that the introduction of a main town centre use in this out-of-centre location would not harm the vitality of the nearby town centres. The proposed development can therefore not be properly judged against Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan policy JP-J3 and paragraphs 90 to 92 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. Insufficient information has been provided by the applicant with regard to Carbon and Energy to enable the proposal to be properly judged against policy JP-S2 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL5 3NL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westhoughton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
27 February 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
20 March 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14736642
Documents
12
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bolton
  • Brownfield land register: 692 Chorley Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3NLRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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