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Vacant Car Park Dinsdale Drive Bolton BL3 5JE

18036/24Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 October 2024

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT CAR PARK AND THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY MODULAR EDUCATIONAL FACILITY WITH ASSOCIATED MUGA PITCH, CAR PARKING AND DROP OFF AREA TOGETHER WITH ACCESS AND LANDSCAPING WORKS.

Received
8 April 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Rumworth
Agent
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd.
  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Vacant Car Park Dinsdale Drive Bolton BL3 5JE. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 178 days, 17 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications 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.

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
BL3 5JE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2024
Consultation expiry
19 September 2024
Consultation start
5 September 2024
Consultation end
19 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end
21 May 2024
Last date for comments
19 September 2024
Target decision date
2 October 2024
Committee meeting
3 October 2024
Permission expires
3 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd.
Architect profile
CASSIDY & ASHTON LIMITED
Agent address
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd. 7 East Cliff Preston PR1 3JE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
156 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 May 2024
Advertisement expiry
29 May 2024
Site notice end
5 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12858779
Documents
45
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Dinsdale DriveRegister 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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  2. 2026
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  3. 2025
    22 Dec

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    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21594/25
  4. 2025
    11 Nov

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  5. 2025
    12 Sep

    NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 18036/24

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  6. 2024
    8 Apr

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