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33 Morris Green Lane Bolton BL3 3JD

11354/21Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 September 2021

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF PART GROUND FLOOR FROM STORAGE TO COMMERCIAL (CLASS E) TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A PART TWO STOREY / PART SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE WITH RELOCATION OF EXTERNAL STAIRCASE

Received
24 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hulton
Agent
SMS Architecture
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.6 Jul
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 33 Morris Green Lane Bolton BL3 3JD. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hulton. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 3JD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
District
62703

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2021
Consultation expiry
6 July 2021
Consultation start
8 June 2021
Consultation end
6 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
8 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
1 July 2021
Last date for comments
1 July 2021
Target decision date
1 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
SMS Architecture
Architect profile
SMS ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
59 Croston Street Bolton BL3 4BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
130 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 July 2021
Site notice end
1 July 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09872747
Documents
12
Constraints
6

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    24 May

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission16057/23

Source: Bolton

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