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Royal Bolton Hospital Minerva Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JR

16583/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 October 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CONVERSION OF OUTPATIENT CLINIC BUILDING INTO COMMUNITY DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE ALONGSIDE PROPOSED ERECTION OF ENTRANCE LOBBY TO THE SOUTH OF THE BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED RAMP AND LANDSCAPING WORKS ALONGSIDE BLOCKING UP OF WINDOWS AT GROUND FLOOR

Received
9 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth North
Agent
Ryder Architecture
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Royal Bolton Hospital Minerva Road Farnworth Bolton BL4 0JR. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications 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.

81% of full applications at Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BL4 0JR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2023
Consultation expiry
11 October 2023
Consultation start
9 August 2023
Consultation end
30 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 October 2023
Last date for comments
11 October 2023
Target decision date
8 October 2023
Permission expires
13 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ryder Architecture
Agent address
First Floor, Blackfriars House Parsonage Gardens Manchester M3 2JA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Publicity

Site notice end
29 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12339003
Documents
18
Constraints
4

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

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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