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School Uniform Shop Monkhouse Bolton School 3 Dobson Road Bolton BL1 4RL

00500/26Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Reguired Granted Subj Con1 condition

Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE INTO 1 NO. DWELLING.

Received
19 March 2026
Ward
Queens Park & Central
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at School Uniform Shop Monkhouse Bolton School 3 Dobson Road Bolton BL1 4RL. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
BL1 4RL
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14790987
Documents
6
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Source: Bolton

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