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1 Cambridge Close Farnworth Bolton BL4 0NB

16553/23Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 August 2023

Council decision: Not developmentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL USE OF A DWELLINGHOUSE AS A BASE FOR TAKING TELEPHONE BOOKINGS FOR THE OPERATION OF ONE PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE TO BE USED BY ONE OPERATOR

Received
5 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth North
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 1 Cambridge Close Farnworth Bolton BL4 0NB. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 6 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 0NB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2023
Target decision date
18 September 2023
Permission expires
16 August 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12088938
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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