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444A Darwen Road Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9HZ

05815/19Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 22 August 2019

Planning committee

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM A SALON TO A DOG CRECHE/TRAINING UNIT

Received
2 April 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bromley Cross
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 121 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 444A Darwen Road Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9HZ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bromley Cross. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 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
BL7 9HZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
District
112911

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2019
Consultation expiry
1 June 2019
Consultation start
29 April 2019
Consultation end
27 May 2019
Neighbour consultation start
25 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
1 June 2019
Last date for comments
1 June 2019
Target decision date
24 July 2019
Committee meeting
22 August 2019
Decision issued
3 September 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 June 2019
Site notice end
1 June 2019

Appeal

Appeal reference
05815/19
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07750587
Documents
43
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.

Source: Bolton

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