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Unit 1 Bank Street Bolton BL4 7PA

19385/24Certificate of Lawfulness ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 11 December 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT (S192) FOR THE PROPOSED USE OF LAND AS A PRIVATE HIRE/ TAXI BASE FOR VEHICLES.

Received
29 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth North
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Unit 1 Bank Street Bolton BL4 7PA. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 6 weeks quicker than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Farnworth North. We hold 270 applications in total for the BL4 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
BL4 7PA
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2024
Target decision date
17 January 2025
Decision issued
12 December 2024
Permission expires
12 December 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13601778
Documents
4
Constraints
15

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.

Source: Bolton

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