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Land At Crompton Place Exchange Street Bolton BL1 1EA

19641/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 August 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES ON SITE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, ERECTION OF A NEW STAIRWAY ON HSBC FACADE, CREATION OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN FOOTPATH LINK TO BRADSHAWGATE AND PROVISION OF MEANWHILE USES.

Received
23 January 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Queens Park & Central
Agent
CBRE Limited Planning and Development
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land At Crompton Place Exchange Street Bolton BL1 1EA. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 4 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 1,098 applications in total for the BL1 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
BL1 1EA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2025
Consultation expiry
16 April 2025
Consultation start
14 March 2025
Consultation end
4 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 April 2025
Last date for comments
16 April 2025
Target decision date
2 May 2025
Committee meeting
21 August 2025
Permission expires
21 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
CBRE Limited Planning and Development
Agent address
10th Floor , One Street St Peters Square Manchester, M2 3DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 March 2025
Advertisement expiry
16 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
37
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mawdsley Street/Nelson SquarePart of the site · +2 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Mawdsley HallOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Bridgeman Buildings, Exchange Street, Bolton, BL1 1RSRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Oct

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 2 (DEMOLITION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY) ON APPLICATION 19641/25

    PendingDischarge of conditions01911/26
  2. 2026
    20 Jul

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 5 (MEANWHILE USES) ON APPLICATION 19641/25

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)01334/26
  3. 2025
    23 Jan

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES ON SITE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, ERECTION OF A NEW STAIRWAY ON HSBC…

    This applicationApprovedFull19641/25

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