57 - 65 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS
Approved on 20 March 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Granted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE TO DWELLING
- Received
- 6 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- Agent
- Skyline building consultants
- ReceivedReceived6 Dec
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date10 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 57 - 65 Knowsley Street Bolton BL1 2AS. Bolton has handled 517 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Deansgate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BL1 2AS
- Application type
- Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 20 March 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Skyline building consultants
- Agent address
- 69 falcon way Guisborough GUISBOROUGH TS14 8HT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 January 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 February 2025
- Site notice end
- 27 February 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13618052
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 23
Site constraints
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 (21)
flood storage 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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202226 Oct
PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS FROM OFFICES (USE CLASS E) TO 7 No…
Prior Approval Granted with ConditionsPrior Approval Offices to Dwellings14888/22 - 202221 Jul
NOTIFICATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL TO CHANGE THE USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS TO 8 No. APARTMENTS (USE CLASS C3)
WithdrawnPrior Approval Offices to Dwellings14277/22
Source: Bolton
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