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Morrisons Unit 1 & Home Bargains Unit 2 Bury Road Bolton BL2 2QJ

16771/23Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 December 2023

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

AMALGAMATION OF EXISTING RETAIL UNITS TO CREATE A SINGLE RETAIL UNIT FOR CONTINUED USE WITHIN CLASS E (a) ALONG WITH REFURBISHMENT WORKS INCLUDING NEW GLAZED SHOP FRONT AND ENTRANCE FEATURE, RECONFIGURATION OF CAR PARK INCLUDING RESURFACING, HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, NEW TROLLEY CORRALS, CYCLE PARKING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS.

Received
8 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Breightmet
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Morrisons Unit 1 & Home Bargains Unit 2 Bury Road Bolton BL2 2QJ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 2QJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2023
Consultation expiry
20 October 2023
Consultation start
29 September 2023
Consultation end
20 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
29 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
20 October 2023
Last date for comments
20 October 2023
Target decision date
17 December 2023
Permission expires
20 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Quod
Agent address
21 Soho Square London W1D 1QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12431451
Documents
13
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Milnthorpe Road 1 - S11 - Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6PWRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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