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1 Barnard Street Bolton BL2 2PN

19889/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 24 June 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM A HOT FOOD TAKEAWAY (SUI GENERIS) INTO A 5 BEDROOM HMO (C4)

Received
3 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tonge With The Haulgh
Agent
Archtonics Architecture
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Barnard Street Bolton BL2 2PN. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Tonge With The Haulgh. 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 2PN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2025
Consultation expiry
19 June 2025
Consultation start
25 March 2025
Consultation end
15 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 June 2025
Last date for comments
19 June 2025
Target decision date
19 June 2025
Permission expires
24 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Archtonics Architecture
Agent address
7 Epirus Mews Fulham SW6 7UP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Site notice end
29 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13802052
Documents
9
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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