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The Studio 97 Withins Lane Bolton BL2 5DY

07615/20Prior Approval Retail/Finan to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 March 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Granted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR CHANGE OF USE OF REPAIR AND MANUFACTURE OF STAINED GLASS (B1) TO DOMESTIC GARAGE (C3)

Received
6 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Breightmet
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at The Studio 97 Withins Lane Bolton BL2 5DY. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. We hold 826 applications in total for the BL2 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 5DY
Application type
Prior Approval Retail/Finan to Dwellings
Scale / size
Medium
District
145599

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2020
Consultation expiry
7 February 2020
Consultation start
10 January 2020
Consultation end
7 February 2020
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
2 February 2020
Last date for comments
2 February 2020
Target decision date
2 April 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 February 2020
Site notice end
2 February 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08400959
Documents
6
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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