Advertising Right 393 Blackburn Road Bolton

16234/23Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 20 July 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

REPLACEMENT OF 1NO. ILLUMINATED FACIA SIGNBOARD AND 1NO. FACIA LETTERING SIGN

Received: 21 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Astley Bridge
Agent: The Intelligent Design Centre

ReceivedReceived21 Jun
ValidatedValidated4 Jul
Consult.Consultation8 Aug
TargetTarget Date15 Aug
DecidedDecided20 Jul

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Advertising Right 393 Blackburn Road Bolton. Bolton has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Astley Bridge. 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 8DY
Application type: Advertisement Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 8 August 2023
Consultation start: 18 July 2023
Consultation end: 8 August 2023
Last date for comments: 8 August 2023
Target decision date: 15 August 2023
Permission expires: 20 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Intelligent Design Centre
Agent address: 5-11 Eagle Street Accrington BB5 1LN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12229115
Documents: 9
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High 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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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.

Source: Bolton

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