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223 Chorley Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5LJ

18567/24Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 August 2024

Council decision: Not developmentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING (CLASS C3) TO A RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME TO ACCOMMODATE 1NO. CHILD (CLASS C2)

Received
5 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 223 Chorley Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5LJ. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 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 86 applications across Horwich South & Blackrod. We hold 398 applications in total for the BL6 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
BL6 5LJ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackrod Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2024
Target decision date
16 August 2024
Permission expires
16 August 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13206418
Documents
9
Constraints
1

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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