Apex House Orlando Street Bolton BL3 6DP
Approved on 12 June 2023
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST FLOOR FROM OFFICES TO A TAXI BOOKING OFFICE
- Received
- 12 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- ReceivedReceived12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated30 Mar
- Consult.Consultation24 Apr
- TargetTarget Date10 Jun
- DecidedDecided12 Jun
Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Apex House Orlando Street Bolton BL3 6DP. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. 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 6DP
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 March 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 9 June 2023
- Consultation start
- 3 April 2023
- Consultation end
- 24 April 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 May 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 9 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 10 June 2023
- Permission expires
- 12 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RA Design & Project Management Ltd
- Architect profile
- RA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- Agent address
- Suite 4, The White House 42-44 Chorley New Road Bolton Lancashire BL1 4AP United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 72 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 30 May 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12007477
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
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.
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