33 Mercia Street Bolton BL3 4BZ
Refused on 11 November 2025
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
CHANGE OF USE FROM 8-BED HMO TO 10-BED HMO
- Received
- 25 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rumworth
- ReceivedReceived25 Jul
- ValidatedValidated25 Jul
- Consult.Consultation18 Aug
- TargetTarget Date7 Nov
- DecidedDecided11 Nov
Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 33 Mercia Street Bolton BL3 4BZ. Bolton has handled 3,200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Bolton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed development, by virtue of its design and layout, would result in insufficient internal and external amenity space, insufficient outlook and insufficient privacy which would impact detrimentally on the living conditions of existing and future residents, contrary to Policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan and Policy CG4 of Bolton's Core Strategy.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BL3 4BZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 28 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- HAD & Co
- Agent address
- Unit 3 Salisbury House St Stephen Street Salford M3 6AX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 105 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 July 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 August 2025
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14012272
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 9
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 (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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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