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53 Duxbury Avenue Bolton BL3 1PY

01090/26Certificate of Lawfulness ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 11 September 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 HMO (C4)

Received
15 June 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 31 October 2026
Ward
Little Lever And Darcy Lever
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 53 Duxbury Avenue Bolton BL3 1PY. Bolton has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Little Lever And Darcy Lever. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 1PY
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2026
Target decision date
27 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
John Dupre
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14982333
Documents
6
Constraints
9

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Mar

    CHANGE OF USE FROM C3 DWELLING TO C4 HMO FOR A MAXIMUM OF FOUR OCCUPANTS

    WithdrawnApplication00369/26

Source: Bolton

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