Town Hall Victoria Square Bolton BL1 1RU
Approved on 10 July 2025
Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsPlanning committee
Proposal
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING TO BOLTON TOWN HALL AND LE MANS CRESCENT
- Received
- 2 April 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- Agent
- Bradshaw Gass and Hope LLP
- ReceivedReceived2 Apr
- ValidatedValidated7 May
- Consult.Consultation14 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Jun
- DecidedDecided10 Jul
Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Town Hall Victoria Square Bolton BL1 1RU. Bolton has handled 99 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Hall conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.
94% of heritage 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 1RU
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 14 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 June 2025
- Committee meeting
- 10 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 10 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bradshaw Gass and Hope LLP
- Agent address
- 2nd Floor, Regent House Folds Road Bolton BL1 2RZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 May 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13910463
- Documents
- 40
- Constraints
- 3
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 (20)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20269 Jan
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR RESTORATION TO EXISTING CLOCK TOWER AND INSTALLATION OF HEATING AND AIR…
ApprovedListed building consent00054/26 - 20269 Jan
RESTORATION TO EXISTING CLOCK TOWER AND INSTALLATION OF HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING WITH WINDOW AND ROOF…
WithdrawnFull Planning Permission00053/26 - 20259 May
INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING TO BOLTON TOWN HALL AND LE MANS CRESCENT
ApprovedFull Planning Permission20303/25 - 201328 Nov
REFURBISHMENT OF WEST ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE NEW PUBLIC ENTRANCE
ApprovedFull Planning Application91104/13 - 201328 Nov
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR REFURBISHMENT OF WEST ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE NEW PUBLIC ENTRANCE INCLUDING LOWERING…
ApprovedListed building consent91105/13 - 201324 Apr
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR THE INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO CREATE OPEN PLAN OFFICE SPACE, INSTALLATION OF NEW…
ApprovedListed building consent89853/13
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