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Unit A6a Lea Field Way Bolton BL5 1ED

01824/26Awaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM B8 (STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION) TO A MIXED USE B2 (GENERAL INDUSTRIAL), B8 AND E(g) (OFFICES) TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF ANCILLARY BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

Received
8 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 9 November 2026
Ward
Hulton
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 November.

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Unit A6a Lea Field Way Bolton BL5 1ED. Bolton has handled 5,984 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 281 applications in total for the BL5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BL5 1ED
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2026
Consultation end
13 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Mbda UK Limited

Company number 03144919

Status
Active
Nature of business
Other manufacturing
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Beth Gunn

Additional information

Documents
34

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.

Source: Bolton

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