171 Victoria Road Bolton BL6 5PJ
Approved on 10 July 2026
Council decision: Approve subject to conditions3 conditions
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLINGHOUSE TO A 3 BEDROOM HOUSE OF MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
- Received
- 11 March 2026
- Ward
- Horwich North
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation8 Apr
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided10 Jul
Decided in 115 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 171 Victoria Road Bolton BL6 5PJ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 9 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Horwich North. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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
- BL6 5PJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Horwich Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 8 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 8 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- agfplans
- Agent address
- 121 park road Westhoughton Bolton BL5 3DB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Martin Mansell
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14770187
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
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
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© 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.
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