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Land By Corner Of Gas Street And Wellington Street Gas Street Bolton BL4 7BY

01413/26Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 30 October 2026

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT GAS WORKS SITE (B2) FOR INSTALLATION OF STORAGE CONTAINERS (CLASS B8)

Received
31 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 3 November 2026
Ward
Farnworth North
Agent
ET Planning
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land By Corner Of Gas Street And Wellington Street Gas Street Bolton BL4 7BY. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Farnworth. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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
BL4 7BY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2026
Consultation expiry
2 September 2026
Consultation start
31 July 2026
Consultation end
16 September 2026
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
21 August 2026
Last date for comments
21 August 2026
Target decision date
18 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ET Planning
Agent address
200 Dukes Ride Crowthorne RG45 6DS

Planning decision

Case officer
Jodie Turton
Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 August 2026
Advertisement expiry
2 September 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15121486
Documents
18
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Farnworth Industrial EstateRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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