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359 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6BB

00423/17Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 8 May 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR FROM RESIDENTIAL (CLASS C3) TO RETAIL (CLASS A1) INCLUDING NEW SHOPFRONT TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS AT FIRST FLOOR TO FORM ACCOMODATION AND ERECTION OF EXTERNAL STAIRCASE TO REAR.

Received
9 March 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 359 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6BB. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 6BB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
District
126393

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2017
Consultation expiry
13 April 2017
Consultation start
16 March 2017
Consultation end
13 April 2017
Neighbour consultation start
16 March 2017
Neighbour consultation end
12 April 2017
Last date for comments
12 April 2017
Target decision date
10 May 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Church Street Bury BL9 6BN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 April 2017
Site notice end
12 April 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05897355
Documents
9
Constraints
6

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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