97 St James Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 9SL
Approved on 7 September 2023
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
CONVERSION OF EXISTING ATTACHED GARAGE TO UTILITY SPACE WITH ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO SIDE TO FORM HABITABLE ROOM TOGETHER WITH THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE TO CREATE A NEW GARDEN ROOM AND ERECTION OF CAR PORT.
- Received
- 19 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Farnworth South
- Agent
- Cestria Partnership Limited
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated19 Jul
- Consult.Consultation13 Aug
- TargetTarget Date30 Aug
- DecidedDecided7 Sep
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 97 St James Street Farnworth Bolton BL4 9SL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Farnworth South. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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
- BL4 9SL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 4 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 23 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 13 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 4 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 30 August 2023
- Permission expires
- 7 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cestria Partnership Limited
- Agent address
- 5 Spath Lane Handforth SK9 3QN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12326081
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 8
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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