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The Vaults The Market Place Bolton BL1 2AL

15906/23Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 2 August 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

SITING OF 2 NO. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGNS (NORTHERN & SOUTHERN ELEVATIONS)

Received
28 April 2023
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Agent
Wren Architecture and Design
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Vaults The Market Place Bolton BL1 2AL. Bolton has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 postcode area.

83% of advertising 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 2AL
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2023
Consultation expiry
23 May 2023
Consultation start
2 May 2023
Consultation end
23 May 2023
Last date for comments
23 May 2023
Target decision date
9 June 2023
Permission expires
2 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wren Architecture and Design
Agent address
31 Chester Road London N19 5DF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12125989
Documents
8
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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