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97 - 99 Chorley Street Bolton BL1 4AL

00647/26Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 August 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions

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Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR INSTALLATION OF DUCT INGRESS IN ELECTRICAL STORE ROOM WITH INTERNAL WORKS TO GRADE II LISTED BUILDING.

Received
8 April 2026
Ward
Queens Park & Central
  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 97 - 99 Chorley Street Bolton BL1 4AL. Bolton has handled 99 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

94% of heritage 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 4AL
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2026
Last date for comments
5 May 2026
Target decision date
11 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Openreach
Agent address
3 Capital Quarter Tyndall Street Butetown Cardiff CF10 4BZ Cardiff CF104BZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
6 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14842052
Documents
6
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 97 and 99, Chorley StreetOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: Urban Village 1, Chorley Street North, Bolton, BL1 4ANRegister 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, 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

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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