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18-20 Bridge Street Bolton BL1 2EA

01415/26Refused
Prior approval

Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR PART CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR FROM COMMERCIAL USE TO 3 NO. SELF CONTAINED APARTMENTS

Received
13 August 2026
Decided
7 October 2026 · Prior Approval is Required and Refused
Public comments
0 · last counted 11 October 2026
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 55 days

This is a planning application for a change of use at 18-20 Bridge Street Bolton BL1 2EA. Bolton has handled 5,844 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Deansgate conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,057 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
01415/26
Address
18-20 Bridge Street Bolton BL1 2EA
Postcode
BL1 2EA
Local Authority
Bolton
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Parish
Not Applicable

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
31 July 2026
Date Decided
7 October 2026
Date Validated
13 August 2026
Date Submitted
13 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval is Required and Refused
Case Officer
Aisha Nawal Haque

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
10
Coordinates
53.580360, -2.428256
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bolton

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Deansgate
  • 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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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