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454 Darwen Road Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9DX

12829/21Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 July 2022

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

PART CHANGE OF USE OF OFFICES TO A TWO BEDROOM FLAT

Received
17 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley Cross
Agent
RT Design
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 207 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 454 Darwen Road Bromley Cross Bolton BL7 9DX. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 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 9DX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
District
26682

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2021
Consultation expiry
18 March 2022
Consultation end
18 March 2022
Neighbour consultation start
23 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end
18 March 2022
Last date for comments
18 March 2022
Target decision date
7 July 2022
Permission expires
12 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RT Design
Agent address
304 Valley Mill Cottonfields Eagley Bolton BL7 9DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
202 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 March 2022
Site notice end
18 March 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10488139
Documents
9
Constraints
8

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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