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19 - 29 Egerton Street Bolton BL4 7LB

01205/26Refused

Refused on 30 October 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM VEHICLE SERVICING TO HMO FOR 6NO. OCCUPANTS

Received
1 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Farnworth North
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 105 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 19 - 29 Egerton Street Bolton BL4 7LB. Bolton has handled 5,979 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would result in insufficient indoor and outdoor communal space for future occupants. It would also result in insufficient levels of privacy, outlook and natural light for the occupants of bedrooms 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 together with insufficient headroom in bedrooms 5 and 6. It would therefore fail to provide a high level of amenity for future occupants, contrary to policy CG4 of Bolton's Core Strategy and policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BL4 7LB
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2026
Consultation end
17 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Aisha Nawal Haque

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    17 Jul

    CHANGE OF USE FROM FROM VEHICLE SERVICE CENTRE TO FORM A 7NO. BED HMO TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY…

    RefusedApplicationFiled alongside01166/26
  2. 2026
    17 Jul

    CHANGE OF USE FROM VEHICLE SERVICING TO HMO FOR 6NO. OCCUPANTS

    This applicationRefusedApplication01205/26

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