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Tonge Fold Ucan Centre 9-11 Dunstan Street Bolton BL2 6AT

02521/17Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 February 2018

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMUNITY CENTRE (CLASS D1) TO HOUSE IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION (SUI GENERIS).

Received
13 December 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
Francis Haigh & Associates
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Jan
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Tonge Fold Ucan Centre 9-11 Dunstan Street Bolton BL2 6AT. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 6AT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
District
29908

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2017
Consultation expiry
25 January 2018
Consultation start
28 December 2017
Consultation end
25 January 2018
Neighbour consultation start
28 December 2017
Neighbour consultation end
18 January 2018
Last date for comments
18 January 2018
Target decision date
15 February 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Francis Haigh & Associates
Agent address
The Annex 78 Maliston Road GT. Sankey Warrington WA5 1JS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 January 2018
Site notice end
18 January 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06605940
Documents
6
Constraints
7

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.

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