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29 Gregory Avenue Bolton BL2 6HS

19659/25Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 28 March 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE TO 8NO. BED EN-SUITE HOUSE OF MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY (HMO)

Received
27 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Breightmet
Agent
P4B Architecture Ltd
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29 Gregory Avenue Bolton BL2 6HS. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Breightmet. We hold 828 applications in total for the BL2 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
BL2 6HS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2025
Consultation expiry
25 February 2025
Consultation start
4 February 2025
Consultation end
25 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2025
Last date for comments
25 February 2025
Target decision date
10 March 2025
Permission expires
28 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
P4B Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
P4B ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
15 Memorial Road Worsley Manchester M28 3AQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13726879
Documents
6
Constraints
1

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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