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Land South West Of Edbro Factory Nelson Street Bolton BL3 6NN

20339/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 September 2025

Council decision: Approve subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Proposal

PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL UNIT (USE CLASS B2) TO INDOOR PADEL TENNIS FACILITY CLASS E(D),

Received
15 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Lever
Agent
Studio FRI
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land South West Of Edbro Factory Nelson Street Bolton BL3 6NN. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Great Lever. 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 6NN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2025
Consultation expiry
6 August 2025
Consultation start
5 June 2025
Consultation end
26 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 June 2025
Last date for comments
6 August 2025
Target decision date
21 September 2025
Permission expires
26 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Studio FRI
Architect profile
STUDIO FRI LIMITED
Agent address
62 plover street Preston PR1 6TX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
108 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 August 2025
Site notice end
25 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14020709
Documents
19
Constraints
9

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    15 May

    PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL UNIT (USE CLASS B2) TO INDOOR PADEL TENNIS…

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  2. 2025
    15 May

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