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Open Gate Caravan Park Belvoir Street Bolton BL2 6AL

08452/20Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 18 March 2021

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF LAND FROM RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND ERECTION OF 2NO BUILDINGS COMPRISING 6NO UNITS WITH PARKING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

Received
1 June 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 275 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Open Gate Caravan Park Belvoir Street Bolton BL2 6AL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 290 days, 33 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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 6AL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
District
148670

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2020
Consultation expiry
10 March 2021
Consultation start
29 June 2020
Consultation end
27 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
23 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2021
Last date for comments
10 March 2021
Target decision date
22 March 2021
Committee meeting
18 March 2021
Decision issued
19 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
24 Chester Road Helsby WA6 0EZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
279 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 February 2021
Advertisement expiry
10 March 2021
Site notice end
10 March 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference
08452/20
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3276103
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 September 2021Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
10

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

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© 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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