70 Bradshawgate Bolton BL1 1QQ
Refused on 29 October 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR FROM USE CLASS E TO USE CLASS C DWELLINGHOUSES (1 DWELLING)
- Received
- 5 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- ReceivedReceived5 Aug
- ValidatedValidated5 Aug
- Consult.Consultation3 Sep
- TargetTarget Date16 Sep
- DecidedDecided29 Oct
Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 70 Bradshawgate Bolton BL1 1QQ. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Mawdsley Street conservation area, with 12 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- BL1 1QQ
- Application type
- Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 September 2024
- Consultation start
- 13 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 3 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 3 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 September 2024
- Permission expires
- 29 October 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12720284
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 3
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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20259 Jun
CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR FROM USE (CLASS E) TO USE (CLASS C3) DWELLING HOUSE
RefusedFull Planning Permission20486/25 - 202527 Jan
PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR FROM USE CLASS E TO USE CLASS C…
RefusedPrior Approval Offices to Dwellings19654/25
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Find contractors for change of use near this site- Forshaw Construction LtdBolton0.1 mi
- Clique Energy LtdElectrician0.2 mi
- Ecoheat Northwest Ltd0.5 mi
- KDC Veolia Decommissioning Services UK Ltd0.5 mi
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