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57 - 65 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS

14888/22Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 January 2023

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

Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS FROM OFFICES (USE CLASS E) TO 7 No. APARTMENTS (USE CLASS C3)

Received
26 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Halliwell
Agent
Nada Architects
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 57 - 65 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Halliwell. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
BL1 2AS
Application type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2022
Consultation expiry
3 January 2023
Consultation start
3 November 2022
Consultation end
24 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
3 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
24 November 2022
Last date for comments
3 January 2023
Target decision date
15 January 2023
Permission expires
20 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nada Architects
Architect profile
NADA ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
169 Kingsway Burnage Manchester M19 2ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Publicity

Site notice end
3 January 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11641706
Documents
15
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Deansgate
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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