40 Stapleton Avenue Bolton BL1 5ET
Approved on 8 May 2024
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE FROM GARAGE TO FORM RESIDENTIAL ANNEXE.
- Received
- 29 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
- Agent
- MTC Designs
- ReceivedReceived29 Mar
- ValidatedValidated29 Mar
- Consult.Consultation24 Apr
- TargetTarget Date10 May
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 40 Stapleton Avenue Bolton BL1 5ET. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 205 applications across Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor. 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 5ET
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 24 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 3 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 24 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 24 April 2024
- Target decision date
- 10 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 8 May 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MTC Designs
- Agent address
- 31 Exford Drive Bolton BL2 6TB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12927402
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
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.
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