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53 Bradshawgate Bolton BL1 1DR

17280/23Prior Approval Retail/Finan to DwellingsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 February 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR ROOMS FROM COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND SERVICE TO 6NO.SELF CONTAINED FLATS

Received
30 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Agent
Planning Management Ltd
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 53 Bradshawgate Bolton BL1 1DR. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Silverwell Street and Wood Street conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Queens Park & Central. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the BL1 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
BL1 1DR
Application type
Prior Approval Retail/Finan to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2023
Consultation expiry
13 February 2024
Consultation start
19 December 2023
Consultation end
9 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
19 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
9 January 2024
Last date for comments
13 February 2024
Target decision date
9 February 2024
Permission expires
14 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Management Ltd
Agent address
Office 28 Batley Business Park Technology Drive Batley WF17 6ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
10 January 2024
Site notice end
13 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12629642
Documents
7
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    30 Nov

    PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR ROOMS FROM COMMERCIAL…

    This applicationRefusedOutline17280/23
  2. 2023
    24 Nov

    REMOVAL OF EXTERNAL STAIRCASE TO THE REAR AND INSERTION OF TWO NEW WINDOWS AT FIRST FLOOR AND REPLACEMENT OF…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside17247/23

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