First And Second Floor 172 - 174 Crook Street Bolton BL3 6AS
Refused on 30 June 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR OFFICES (CLASS E) TO 8 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS (CLASS C3)
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 May
- ValidatedValidated5 May
- Consult.Consultation27 May
- TargetTarget Date16 Jun
- DecidedDecided30 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at First And Second Floor 172 - 174 Crook Street Bolton BL3 6AS. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building 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 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
- BL3 6AS
- Application type
- Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 28 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 28 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 June 2026
- Permission expires
- 30 June 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- Architect profile
- RA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- Agent address
- Suite 4, The White House 42-44 Chorley New Road Bolton Lancashire BL1 4AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 28 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14896089
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 10
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Bolton
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