Garage To Land To The Rear Of Barrow Bridge Chimney Barrowbridge Road/ Smithills Croft Road Junction Barrow Bridge Bolton Smithills BL1 7NL
Refused on 3 July 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
CHANGE OF USE FROM GARAGE INTO DWELLING
- Received
- 26 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Smithills
- Agent
- RT Design
- ReceivedReceived26 Mar
- ValidatedValidated8 May
- Consult.Consultation2 Jun
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided3 Jul
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Garage To Land To The Rear Of Barrow Bridge Chimney Barrowbridge Road/ Smithills Croft Road Junction Barrow Bridge Bolton Smithills BL1 7NL. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Smithills. We hold 1,099 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 7NL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 12 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 2 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 2 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 3 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RT Design
- Agent address
- 25 Seymour Drive Bradshaw Bolton BL2 3HB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 May 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 2 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13893410
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Bolton
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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