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The Apartment At Croft House Childrens Nursery Croft House Childrens Nursery Bridge Street Bolton BL6 7BT

01057/26Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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

PARTIAL CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT (CLASS C3) TO OFFICE AND STAFF ACCOMMODATION (CLASS E)

Received
9 June 2026
Ward
Horwich North
Agent
RT Design
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Apartment At Croft House Childrens Nursery Croft House Childrens Nursery Bridge Street Bolton BL6 7BT. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wallsuches conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Horwich North. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 postcode area.

81% of full 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
BL6 7BT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2026
Consultation expiry
1 July 2026
Consultation start
10 June 2026
Consultation end
1 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 July 2026
Last date for comments
1 July 2026
Target decision date
21 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
RT Design
Agent address
25 Seymour Drive Bradshaw Bolton BL2 3HB

Planning decision

Case officer
Lisa Kingsbury
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 June 2026
Advertisement expiry
1 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14998335
Documents
6
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Wallsuches

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 (21)

flood storage 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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