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204 Wigan Road Bolton BL3 5QE

17560/24PRIOR APPROVAL OTHERSRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 March 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 PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM A CAFE/RESTAURANT WITH RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO 1 NO. DWELLINGHOUSE (CLASS C3)

Received
21 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rumworth
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 204 Wigan Road Bolton BL3 5QE. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Rumworth. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 5QE
Application type
PRIOR APPROVAL OTHERS
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2024
Consultation expiry
28 February 2024
Consultation start
6 February 2024
Consultation end
27 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
26 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2024
Last date for comments
28 February 2024
Target decision date
3 March 2024
Decision issued
13 March 2024
Permission expires
13 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
28 February 2024

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
8

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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