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53 Newport Street Bolton BL1 1NE

15406/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 June 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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

CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS TO 4 NO. SELF CONTAINED FLATS TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO REAR ELEVATION INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL WINDOW AND NEW ENTRANCE DOOR TO FLATS AND AN ADDITIONAL DOOR TO EXISTING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL UNIT.

Received
3 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Agent
Neil Pike Architects
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 53 Newport Street Bolton BL1 1NE. 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. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Queens Park & Central. 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 1NE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2023
Consultation expiry
29 March 2023
Consultation start
8 March 2023
Consultation end
29 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
6 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 February 2023
Last date for comments
29 March 2023
Target decision date
9 June 2023
Permission expires
12 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Neil Pike Architects
Architect profile
NEIL PIKE LIMITED
Agent address
Michigan House 17-19 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4QR

Planning decision

Statutory period
126 days

Publicity

Site notice end
29 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11899488
Documents
11
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    9 Jan

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (ACOUSTIC INSULATION TO FLOOR AND CEILINGS BETWEEN GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR) ON…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions17461/24
  2. 2023
    3 Feb

    CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS TO 4 NO. SELF CONTAINED FLATS TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO REAR…

    This applicationApprovedFull15406/23

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