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26 - 28 Corporation Street Bolton BL1 2AN

16599/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 January 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF NO. 26 FROM RETAIL TO CAFE AND RESTAURANT TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO NOS 26 & 28 TO FORM ENLARGED CAFE AND RESTAURANT

Received
11 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Agent
Mason and Marlowe Ltd
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 26 - 28 Corporation Street Bolton BL1 2AN. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 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 2AN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2023
Consultation expiry
27 September 2023
Consultation start
14 August 2023
Consultation end
4 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
14 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 September 2023
Last date for comments
27 September 2023
Target decision date
14 January 2024
Permission expires
19 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mason and Marlowe Ltd
Architect profile
MASON AND MARLOWE LTD
Agent address
Colony, 5 Piccadilly Place MANCHESTER M1 3BR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
156 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
6 September 2023
Site notice end
27 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12381891
Documents
20
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Deansgate
  • 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, 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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    14 Aug

    SITING OF 1NO. FASCIA SIGN AT NO. 26 AND 28 CORPORATION STREET

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside16601/23
  2. 2023
    11 Aug

    CHANGE OF USE OF NO. 26 FROM RETAIL TO CAFE AND RESTAURANT TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO NOS 26 & 28 TO FORM…

    This applicationApprovedFull16599/23

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