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Units 11 First Floor Halliwell Mills Bertha Street Bolton BL1 8AH

16162/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 August 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

PART CHANGE OF USE FROM INDUSTRIAL (USE CLASS B2) TO FLEXIBLE USE AS EITHER INDUSTRIAL (USE CLASS B2) OR GYMNASIUM (USE CLASS E(d)).

Received
10 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Halliwell
Agent
AZH Consultancy
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Units 11 First Floor Halliwell Mills Bertha Street Bolton BL1 8AH. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Halliwell. We hold 1,098 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 8AH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2023
Consultation expiry
22 August 2023
Consultation start
22 June 2023
Consultation end
13 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
1 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
22 August 2023
Last date for comments
22 August 2023
Target decision date
26 August 2023
Permission expires
30 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AZH Consultancy
Architect profile
AZH CONSULTANCY LTD
Agent address
190 Armadale Road Ladybridge Bolton BL3 4TP

Planning decision

Statutory period
75 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12227554
Documents
6
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Halliwell Mills, Bertha Street, BL1 8AHRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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