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61 Northfield Street Bolton BL3 5JH

20244/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF BUILDING FROM A COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE (CLASS F2) TO A PLACE OF WORSHIP (CLASS F1)

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rumworth
Agent
RA Design & Project Management Ltd
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 61 Northfield Street Bolton BL3 5JH. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Rumworth. We hold 1,691 applications in total for the BL3 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
BL3 5JH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Consultation expiry
17 July 2025
Consultation start
14 May 2025
Consultation end
4 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 June 2025
Last date for comments
17 July 2025
Target decision date
20 July 2025
Permission expires
23 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
RA Design & Project Management Ltd
Architect profile
RA DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Agent address
Suite 4, The White House 42-44 Chorley New Road Bolton Lancashire BL1 4AP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Publicity

Site notice end
17 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13971244
Documents
6
Constraints
10

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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