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52 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD

00555/26Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 April 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS PROPOSED (S192) FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING (C3) TO RESIDENTIAL CHILDRENS FACILITY/HOME (C2) FOR UP TO 3 NO. CHILDREN/YOUNG PERSONS

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Agent
AZH Consultancy
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 52 St Georges Road Bolton BL1 2DD. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the St George's conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,098 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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Why it was refused

  1. The use of the residential property as a children's home would not fall within Use Class C3 of The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and it is considered that the proposed Class C2 use would result in a material change of use to the property. The proposed development would not therefore be lawful and accordingly, the certificate is hereby refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL1 2DD
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
AZH Consultancy
Architect profile
AZH CONSULTANCY LTD
Agent address
190 Armadale Road Ladybridge Bolton BL3 4TP

Planning decision

Case officer
India Taylor
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14809029
Documents
6
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 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.

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.

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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