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6 Columbia Road Bolton BL1 4DR

00999/26Certificate of Lawfulness ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: Permitted Development

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS EXISTING (S191) FOR CONTINUED USE OF 5 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS (CLASS C3)

Received
2 June 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Agent
Holme Planning Partnership
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 143 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 6 Columbia Road Bolton BL1 4DR. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. 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.

75% of amendment 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 4DR
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Target decision date
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Holme Planning Partnership
Agent address
Business Centre Carlile Institute 54 Huddersfield Road Meltham HD9 4AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14765287
Documents
5
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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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