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189 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS

19309/24Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 January 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL TO FORM 2No. RETAIL STORES AT GROUND FLOOR TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO SIDE FENESTRATION

Received
15 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 189 Crescent Road Bolton BL3 2JS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,690 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 2JS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2024
Consultation expiry
18 January 2025
Consultation start
20 November 2024
Consultation end
11 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2024
Last date for comments
18 January 2025
Target decision date
19 January 2025
Permission expires
23 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
no organisation
Agent address
45 Woodvale Avenue Bolton bl33hf

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Publicity

Site notice end
18 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13565918
Documents
6
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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