Brae Crest Victoria Road Bolton BL1 5AS
Approved on 20 July 2023
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE OF VACANT LAND TO RESIDENTIAL CURTILAGE AND GARDEN AREA.
- Received
- 31 December 2022
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
- Agent
- Watson Saunders & Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived31 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Jan
- Consult.Consultation28 Feb
- TargetTarget Date20 Jul
- DecidedDecided20 Jul
Decided in 198 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Brae Crest Victoria Road Bolton BL1 5AS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 201 days, 21 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 205 applications across Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
- BL1 5AS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 January 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 29 March 2023
- Consultation start
- 7 February 2023
- Consultation end
- 28 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 January 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 January 2023
- Last date for comments
- 29 March 2023
- Target decision date
- 20 July 2023
- Committee meeting
- 20 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 20 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Watson Saunders & Associates Ltd
- Architect profile
- WATSON SAUNDERS & ASSOCIATES LTD
- Agent address
- Daisyfield Business Centre Suite 312 Appleby Street Blackburn BB1 3BL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 198 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 29 March 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11786532
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: BoltonPart of the site
- 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Bolton
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